India, Nov. 6 -- Chief Justice of India Bhushan R Gavai on Thursday took strong exception to the Union government seeking yet another adjournment in the hearing on petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Tribunal Reforms Act, remarking that the Centre appeared to want the case heard only after he demitted office on November 23.

When Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati mentioned the matter and sought to defer Friday's hearing citing Attorney General R Venkataramani''s engagement in an international arbitration, the CJI's response was blunt.

"If you do not want us to hear and deliver the judgment, just tell us. Looks like you want this matter only after November 24," CJI Gavai told Bhati. "We have accommodated th...