Judges split over bench formation, Supreme Court's constitutional bench fails to sit Wednesday

The Supreme Court's constitutional bench could not sit on Wednesday. The bench failed to convene after a disagreement arose among justices over the process of forming it.

A Supreme Court justice had questioned the chief justice's discretion in constituting the constitutional bench. Following that, the constitutional bench did not sit at all on Wednesday.

The bench did not sit even after the daily cause list had been published. Although cases had been listed on the cause list, no hearing could take place since the bench did not convene.

With differences emerging among justices over the chief justice's role in forming the constitutional bench, the matter has become a subject of controversy within the Supreme Court.