Updated On: 18 May, 2025 09:58 PM IST | Mumbai | PTI
At a ceremony in Maharashtra, CJI Gavai said that he did not want to pinpoint such small issues, but stressed that all three pillars of democracy are equal and must reciprocate and show and give respect to one another

CJI Gavai during the State Lawyers Conference organised by Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa, in Mumbai, on Sunday. Pic/PTI
Chief Justice of India B R Gavai on Sunday expressed his displeasure over the absence of Maharashtra's Chief Secretary, Director General of Police or the city police commissioner to receive him during his first visit to the state after being elevated to the top post.
Gavai took oath as CJI on May 14 and was in Mumbai for a felicitation programme by the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa.