{"id":55996,"date":"2019-04-23T16:31:57","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T11:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=55996"},"modified":"2019-04-23T16:31:57","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T11:01:57","slug":"5-supreme-court-benches-start-proceedings-late","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/5-supreme-court-benches-start-proceedings-late","title":{"rendered":"5 Supreme Court benches start proceedings late."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/Talala-Assembly-seat.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" data-attachment-id=\"55868\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-stays-ecs-decision-notifying-talala-assembly-seat-as-vacant-and-declaring-bypolls\/talala-assembly-seat\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/Talala-Assembly-seat.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"259,194\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Talala Assembly seat\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/Talala-Assembly-seat.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-55868\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/Talala-Assembly-seat.jpg?resize=259%2C194&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/Talala-Assembly-seat.jpg?w=259&amp;ssl=1 259w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/Talala-Assembly-seat.jpg?resize=134%2C100&amp;ssl=1 134w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/a>Five Supreme Court benches, presided over by five senior-most judges including CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Tuesday started court proceedings an hour later at 11:30 AM.<\/p>\n<p>However, the other Supreme Court benches started functioning at 10:30 AM, the usual time for resumption of judicial proceedings in the apex court.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court display board notified that from court number 1, presided over by the CJI, to court number 5 would not be holding judicial proceedings till 11:30 AM.<\/p>\n<p>According to sources, deliberations among top judges on certain issues were on.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, all the 15 Supreme Court benches had commenced judicial proceedings at 10:45am, 15 minutes after the usual time.<\/p>\n<p>The delayed start of court proceedings had led to speculation among lawyers about some meetings of judges.<\/p>\n<p>A three-judge bench headed by CJI on Saturday had held an unprecedented hearing in the wake of allegations made against the CJI.<\/p>\n<p>Describing the allegations of sexual harassment against him as &#8220;unbelievable&#8221;, the CJI had convened an extraordinary hearing at the Supreme Court during which he said a larger conspiracy was behind it and he would not stoop too low even to deny these allegations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five Supreme Court benches, presided over by five senior-most judges including CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Tuesday started court proceedings an hour later at 11:30 AM. 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