Justice Ranjan Gogoi reflects on how his fellow judges used to discuss among themselves why they were so determined to resolve this case. He faced accusations of putting the reputation of the Supreme Court at stake. However, he believes that there was some divine force that was prompting him to end the case.
The tourist was led to the control room, where he expressed surprise at the prohibition on performing 'namaz' at the Taj Mahal. He was then allowed to continue his visit to Agra after submitting a written apology.
Notably, 987 new stubble-burning instances were reported in Punjab on the day of Diwali despite the Supreme Court's strict instructions to the Bhagwant Mann-led state government to stop stubble-burning at any cost.