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 BR Gavai read out 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. "I am thankful to all my brother judges who have contributed to this judgment," said CJI Gavai, adding that in deference to wishes to fellow judges, it was decided that no particular name would be mentioned as the author of the judgment. This rare move departs from the judiciary's convention of assigning authorship to one or more judges delivering a verdict. The last time the top court issued a judgment without identifying an author was the 2019 Ayodhya ruling, delivered by a bench comprising then CJI Ranjan Gogoi and justices Sharad A Bobde, Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S Abdul Nazeer....