Justice Joymalya Bagchi was appointed to Calcutta HC in 2011, transferred to Andhra Pradesh HC in 2021, and repatriated to Calcutta HC later that year.

A bench of justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta underscored the apparent anomaly in the listing of exemption applications.

Having started practising law nearly 30 years ago and then retiring as the longest-serving Chief Justice of India in over a decade, Justice DY Chandrachud helped shape jurisprudence in the country.