Allegations about a judge-middleman nexus favouring medical colleges to admit students appeared to split the Supreme Court as well as the bar on Friday, with a five-judge Constitution bench led by Chief Justice Dipak Misra annulling Thursday’s order of a twojudge bench led by Justice J Chelameswar referring the matter to the first five senior apex court judges.
Allegations about a judge-middleman nexus favouring medical colleges to admit students appeared to split the Supreme Court as well as the bar on Friday, with a five-judge Constitution bench led by Chief Justice Dipak Misra annulling Thursday’s order of a twojudge bench led by Justice J Chelameswar referring the matter to the first five senior apex court judges.