 On 12 January 2018, Justices Jasti Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B. Lokur and Kurian Joseph, the second- to fifth-most senior judges of the Supreme Court, held a press conference, in which they warned that the integrity of the court was under threat, and accused Dipak Misra of allocating cases selectively, based on personal preference.This was because politically sensitive cases have traditionally been assigned to the most senior judges.Despite this, Dipak Misra, Chief Justice of India, assigned the Loya case to a junior member of the bench.