Ten things from today's press conference by 4 SC Judges

In an unprecedented move, four Supreme Court judges today came out against the Chief Justice of India, saying that events in the Supreme Court left them with no choice but to address the nation.

Justice J Chelameshwar said the administration of the nation's top court was not in order.

This is what the judges said in the press conference:

1. This is an extraordinary in the history of the nation. It is an extraordinary event in the history of the Constitution

2. Hallmark of good democracy is an independent judiciary, without it democracy won't survive

3. The administration of the Supreme Court is not in order and many things less than desirable has happened in the past few months

4. We are left with no choice but talk to the nation directly

5. Things less than desirable has happened in the Supreme Court. We tried to collectively persuade the CJI so that he takes remedial measures but our efforts have failed. Four of us are convinced that for the survival of democracy, an impartial judge and judiciary is needed

6. We met the CJI today morning also, but we failed to convince the CJI

7. We have seen a lot of wise men but we don't want wise men to tell us later after 20 years that the four of us have sold our souls. We construe this as a responsibility to the nation and we have done it

8. We are no one to impeach (when asked if CJI Dipak Misra should be impeached)

9. We have spotted things in the last few months. Tried to intervene but to no avail. Twenty years from now, the nation should not say we sold our souls.

10. About a couple of months back, four of us gave a signed letter to the Chief Justice of India. We wanted a particular thing to be done in a particular manner. But the way it was done, it raised further questions about the integrity of the institution.