A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court Saturday dismissed allegations levelled by a former staffer of the court against Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi as "wild and baseless, designed to attack and erode the independence of the judiciary". The CJI who was presiding over the bench, however, did not pass any gag order against the media on reporting this. Instead the bench urged the media to exercise restraint in the matter. Samanwaya Rautray has more.
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