New Delhi, Nov. 20 -- Breaking from convention, a Constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday chose not to ascribe authorship to its ruling relating to quota for entry-level judicial officers in appointments to the district judge cadre -- the first time the top court has chosen to do so since the 2019 Ayodhya verdict.

Although Chief Justice of India Bhushan R Gavai read out the operative portion of the verdict, he made it clear that no individual judge has been credited as the author. The idea, he said, was to emphasise that the five-judge bench had spoken as one, without attributing the reasoning to any single member. The bench also included justices Surya Kant, Vikram Nath, K Vinod Chandran and Joymalya Bagchi.

The CJI also e...