THE GANG OF 4: SC JUDGES SEND JUDICIARY INTO A TIZZY

Justice J Chelameswar, 64

SECOND most senior judge of the Supreme Court after the Chief Justice of India

BECAME a Supreme Court judge on October 10, 2011 and will retire in June this year before the Chief Justice retires

HAS BEEN openly critical of the collegium system of appointing judges to the Supreme Court and high courts

WAS IN favour of the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) for appointing judges, gave a dissenting order as part of the bench that declared NJAC unconstitutional in 2015

WAS ON the Supreme Court bench that last year ruled that privacy is a Fundamental Right

Justice Ranjan Gogoi, 63

WILL BE the next Chief Justice of India, the first judge from the North East to do so Son of former Assam Chief Minister Late KC Gogoi

WAS ON the bench that made it mandatory for those contesting parliamentary and assembly elections to declare their assets, education background and cases against them

WAS AMONG the seven judges who last year sentenced Justice CS Karnan, a sitting high court judge, to six months in jail for contempt

WAS PART of the two-judge bench that struck down OBC status to Jats

Justice M B Lokur, 64

BECAME A Supreme Court judge in 2012, due to retire in December this year

WAS AMONG the two judges who ruled last year that sex with minor wife is rape

AS THE CHIEF Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court, Justice Lokur suspended Special CBI Judge T Pattabhirama Rao and ordered his prosecution in a Mining scam case relating to the Reddy brother

HE WAS enrolled at the Bar in 1977 and practised in the Supreme Court of India and at the Delhi High Court

QUALIFIED the Advocate-on-Record (AoR) examination and was enrolled as an AoR of the Supreme Court in 1981

Justice Kurian Joseph, 64

BECAME A Supreme Court judge in 2013, due to retire in November this year

WAS AMONG the judges who ruled last year that triple talaq is unconstitutional

WAS PART of the bench that struck down the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) as illegal in 2015

THE BENCH of Justice R. M. Lodha, Justice Madan Lokur and Justice Joseph is hearing the controversial Coal Allocation Scam case and vowed to free the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) from any political and bureaucratic interference