New Delhi: Details remained hazy on a meeting that Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra held on Thursday morning with four senior judges who had risen in a rebellion against him. Sources at the Supreme Court said a thaw was expected in the coming days.

It is understood that Justices Jasti Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan Lokur and Kurien Joseph, put forward to the CJI a proposal of rostering judges and assignment of sensitive cases. Justices AK Sikri, NV Ramana, DY Chandrachud and UU Lalit also attended the meeting.

The CJI assured them that he would look into their proposal on the roster. The government is keen to end the crisis and certain concessions from the CJI would definitely be part of the solution.

The dissenting judges have reportedly stressed on a plan to address their concerns about the “administration of the Supreme Court”, mainly the way “cases with far-reaching consequences” are assigned. Also during the day the court rejected a plea that sought a media gag on the judges. The petition wanted the court to restrain the media from “publishing, discussing and politicising issues” raised by four judges in the Jan.12 press conference. “Without an independent judiciary, democracy is under threat,” the judges said in the press conference held at Justice Chelameswar’s house.

Two petitions have asked for an independent investigation into the death of CBI Justice Loya while he was hearing a case of murder against BJP president Amit Shah. The judge died of a heart attack, but his family raised questions and alleged that there were attempts to bribe him before he died. None of the dissenting judges, who are the four most-senior after the Chief Justice, were assigned the case.

Earlier this week, the four judges were also kept out of a five-judge constitution bench assigned eight major cases including a legal challenge to Aadhaar, a review of the ban on gay sex and a challenge to restrictions on women entering the Sabarimala temple.