Judge Gawai said there was no compromise if anyone undermined the dignity of the court.

Justice Br Br Gavai will be sworn in on May 14, 2025, becoming the 52nd Chief Justice of India and will become the first Buddhist CJI. File | Image source: Hindu

The chief justice of India’s designated judge Br Gavai believes that trolls who scandalized the court on social media and resorted to personal attacks on the judge must be dealt with with iron hands.

“I have no second opinion on this. If someone hurts the dignity of the court, there is no compromise.” Justice Gawai, wearing formal clothes, emphasized to media personnel who interacted with his residence on Sunday (May 11, 2025) (May 11, 2025).

He said sometimes executives have to support the judiciary in this situation.

Judge Gawai will be India’s first chief justice of Buddhism.

“My father (former councillor and governor RS Gavai) converted to Buddhism with Dr. Br Ambedkar and converted to Buddhism in October 1956 with Dr. BR Ambedkar and hundreds of thousands of others. His family also converted to Buddhism by faith, tomorrow is Buddha. Hindu By phone later in the evening.

A month after Ambedkar Jayanti, he will be sworn in as the 52nd Chief Justice of India on May 14.

“Movement” against judges

During the interaction, during the interaction, Judge Gavai said, “Some other judges would have taken a different view” about the background of the derogatory comments made by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey to the Supreme Court and Chief Justice of India.

Chief Justice Khanna found under an order that comments constituted a court’s contempt but were not subject to any litigation, saying it was not worth it. Gavai agreed that the MPs’ comments on the court and CJI were indeed contemptuous, but Judge Gavai said the reaction was “individually dependent.”

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Judge Gawai found that under Article 142 of the Constitution, the Supreme Court used its power as a criticism of “missiles”. “No, we don’t do that.” Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar called Article 142 a “nuclear missile” shortly after the Supreme Court’s decision set a fixed schedule.

Judge Gawai said the High Court judges should exercise restrictions and not make uneasy or offensive comments inside and outside the court. Regular training for high court judges will surely eliminate rough snippets of judicial conduct. He said the judge’s words were a big “no” Sub-judicial question.

He noted: “Judges should always exercise a certain degree of restraint…but at the same time, there are over 900 High Court judges, two or three we are talking about, and they are a trivial percentage.”

Disclose the judge’s assets

When a Supreme Court judge recently posted assets on his website, Judge Gawai said some judges were “concerned” about whether the information would be misused.

“Speaking for myself, I followed the practice of disclosing my assets to the Chief Justice from the Mumbai High Court.”

‘njac is pretty good for some adjustments’

Judge Gawai said, “The National Judicial Appointment Commission (NJAC) is not a bad thing for some adjustments”. He said the Supreme Court’s universities have been bringing the government to the ship while making recommendations.

CJI designated that he personally did not see any “external pressure” to determine the case in a specific way. Judge Gawai said: “Personally, I can’t find anyone who can put pressure on the judge…a high constitutional office…I don’t see anyone putting pressure on it.”

Justice Gawai said the Supreme Court’s universities will call for the recommendation of female judges to the Apex Court seat in the next few days. “The university will have to call,” he said, “Judge Bela M.

Judge Gawai said that after he served as Chief Justice of India, he will not accept any post-retirement work, ending on November 23, 2025.

“I decided from the first day that I didn’t accept any post-retirement jobs,” he said. The CJI defined that the “cooling-off period” for a retired judge was two years, and then there was little difference in engaging in new formal tasks.

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During the Pahargam terrorist attack, he said: “The judge cannot remain detached when the country is in danger. We are part of the country. We were shocked when we heard about this incident.”

He said he called a full court after the permission of Chief Justice Khanna abroad and announced a two-minute silence in the Supreme Court to pay tribute to the victims of the attack.