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Before holding a press conference, the apex court judges had written a letter to the CJI to address their grievances. But since the CJI did not respond, the judges did the right thing by making their displeasure public. Though the CJI can exercise his right to allocate important and sensitive cases to judges that he deems fit, it cannot be done in an arbitrary manner. This is not an appropriate way because it results in experienced and senior judges being left out. Until the crisis is resolved, the best way is to allocate sensitive cases to a five-judge constitution bench. Devendra Khurana