During the hearing on Tuesday, senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for National Conference leader Mohd Akbar Lone who has challenged the abrogation of Article 370 which accorded special status to erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, referred to Justice Gogoi's statement made in the Upper House.
In 2019, the then Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi had directed CBI to take appropriate action in response to an IB report that highlighted Justice Tahilramani's alleged irregularities in the purchase of two flats.