We felt then-CJI was being remote-controlled: Justice Kurian Joseph

NEW DELHI: In a stunning claim, retired 

Supreme Court

 judge Kurian Joseph said he and three other most senior SC judges held their much-discussed press conference on January 12 as they felt that then 

CJI Dipak Misra

 was being controlled from outside and was allocating cases to judges with political bias.

In an exclusive interview to TOI, Justice Joseph narrated in detail the turbulent times in the apex court, leading to the unprecedented press conference by him with three most senior judges — Justices 

Jasti Chelameswar

, 

Ranjan Gogoi

 and Madan B Lokur.