India, Dec. 28 -- Landmark verdicts on the powers of governors and the president on bills, staying few provisions of the Waqf law and a series of pathbreaking judgements defined 2025 for the Supreme Court, a year which saw an unprecedented shoe attack on CJI BR Gavai and the discovery of huge cash at high court judge Yashwant Varma's bungalow here. The apex judiciary saw a rare transition through three Chief Justices of India (CJIs) within a single year-Sanjiv Khanna, Gavai, and the incumbent, Surya Kant. In a move aimed at bolstering judicial independence, justices Khanna and Gavai publicly announced their decisions to not to take any post-retiral assignments, an issue which has been keenly debated.

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