India, May 23 -- Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka, for whom Friday marked the last day as a Supreme Court judge, has said that the apex court is currently a "chief justice-centric court" and that needs to be changed.
Justice Oka, who was addressing the farewell function organised for him by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), said that the top court has judges from different parts of the country and that should be reflected.
"Supreme Court is a chief justice-centric court and it needs to change. Supreme Court has about 34 judges from different parts of the country and that should be reflected," he said, according to Bar and Bench.
Justice Oka also expressed confidence that the change would be reflected under the tenure of Chief Justi...
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