Former Justice Markandey Katju argued that CJI BR Gavai’s “pray to Vishnu” comment lacked legal relevance and provoked sentiment, urging judges to “hear more and speak less” to maintain judicial dignity and public trust.
Katju has stated that the Indian judiciary is subservient to the BJP government and the government wants to make Nirav Modi a 'scapegoat' to hide their own failures.
Katju's anger against Gogoi perhaps stems out from a past incident when in 2016, a Supreme Court bench headed by then SC Judge had slapped a contempt notice on retired judge Markandey Katju for his controversial social media posts on sensitive issues.