NEW DELHI:  The rift between the Chief Justice of India, Dipak Misra, and the four Supreme Court judges who took him on publicly, has been settled in an informal meeting over tea, Attorney General KK Venugopal said yesterday, reports NDTV.

The five top judges reportedly spoke after all staff was ordered out of a lounge where judges chat before going to court every day. Later, the Chief Justice “smiled but didn’t answer” when the rebellion of Justices Jasti Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan Lokur and Kurien Joseph was raised in his courtroom.

“There was an informal meeting in the morning. Now everything has been settled, courts are functioning,” Mr Venugopal told NDTV.

The Bar Council of India later said its members had met 15 judges of the Supreme Court and they had all assured that the crisis had been resolved. “Kahani khatam ho gaya (the story is now over),” Bar Council Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra said.

On Friday, the four judges stunned the nation as they held a press conference at the house of Justice Chelameswar, who is the most senior judge in the country after Justice Misra, and declared that the administration of the Supreme Court “is not in order”.