R S Gavai, father of CJI-designate B R Gavai, was an Ambedkarite leader, ex-MP, and Governor of Kerala and Bihar. Justice Gavai has acknowledged his father’s decades-long association with the Congress party in public statements.
CJI-designate BR Gavai said “Supreme Court can’t be aloof when the country is in danger,”. Supporting the India-Pakistan ceasefire, he noted that war helps no one, citing conflicts in Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Gaza as examples.
