Maharashtra Government Made CJI Gavai A Permanent State Guest | The Maharashtra government made CJI Gawai a Permanent State Guest: Protocol guidelines; The Chief Justice was not received by the Chief Secretary of the State-DGP

The Maharashtra government has issued protocol guidelines to decide the official etiquette in the state during the visit of Chief Justice (CJI) of India. Under the guidelines released on Tuesday, CJI BR Gawai has officially given the status of Permanent State Guest in Maharashtra.

Justice BR Gawai went to Maharashtra for the first time on Sunday after becoming Chief Justice of India. However, on reaching Mumbai, he did not come to receive any of the State Chief Secretary, DGP or Mumbai Police Commissioner, on which CJI Gawai expressed his displeasure.

After this, the Maharashtra government had to raise a lot of embarrassment. On Monday, state cabinet minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule said that he has apologized to CJI Gawai on the phone from the state government for the lapse in the protocol.