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Sinha had on Monday approached the top court against his transfer to Nagpur, the orders for which were issued on October 24, within hours of the government asking Verma and CBI special director, Rakesh Asthana, to proceed on leave.

The two officers were engaged in an internecine power struggle and had also accused each other of corruption. Verma challenged this order, resulting in the court’s October 26 order to CVC which filed its report last week. Verma was given till November 19 to file his response to CVC’S findings which the bench described as a mixed bag.

Upset with the reports, the court refused to even hear Verma’s petition questioning his forced leave. He is to retire on January 31. On Tuesday, it was clear all was not well even as CJI walked into the court a few minutes late. He brushed away lawyers waiting to mention urgent cases and handed over a copy of the second news report (the one about Verma’s responses to CVC) to senior advocate Fali Nariman, Verma’s lawyer. “We are not handing over this to you as Verma’s counsel. We have given this to you as a senior and respected member of the bar. We want you to respond to this. Take time if you want,” CJI Gogoi told him. Nariman read the headlines of the report and admitted that it was “disturbing”. After this, CJI Gogoi adjourned the case.” “None of you deserve a hearing,” he said. Minutes later, though, Nairman appeared in court again and clarified that the report handed over to him was dated November 17 and contained details of Verma’s responses to CVC when he was being questioned by the agency. CJI Gogoi then said there were more such reports and that he had handed over just one. “We have not given it to you as a counsel of Verma. There is one more