Mumbai, May 18 -- Chief Justice of India BR Gavai on Sunday expressed displeasure over the absence of senior Maharashtra government officials, including the Chief Secretary, during his first public event in the state after taking over as head of the Supreme Court, and remarked that all three pillars of democracy are equal and must show respect to one another.
"It's a question of respect by the other organs of the institution to the judiciary," said CJI Gavai, addressing a felicitation programme organised here in his honour.
Miffed over the absence of Maharashtra's Chief Secretary, Director General of Police or the city police commissioner to receive him during the visit to his home state, a first after assuming the top post, Gavai said th...