CJI Chandrachud stated that the question was "to what extent do you disable an individual from becoming a judge just by virtue of the fact that they have at a certain point of time appeared for a political cause"
The petition states that information regarding appointments and recommendations by the Supreme Court Collegium cannot be regarded as a protected class of documents.
The appeal sought details regarding decisions regarding appointment of judges taken on 12 December 2018, that were not uploaded on the Supreme Court’s website.