NEW DELHI: For the first time, a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court in a matter relating to interpretation of constitutional provisions abjured citing rulings of Supreme Courts of foreign countries to buttress their logic and referred only to the SC's past judgments while penning its opinion on the Presidential Reference. CJI B R Gavai, who led the five-judge bench also comprising Justices Surya Kant, Vikram Nath, P S Narasimha and A S Chandurkar, said the bench wanted to speak in one voice and support its opinion with 'swadeshi' interpretation of constitutional provisions relating to the power and functions of the President and governors with regard to bills passed by assemblies. Another five-judge bench on Wednesday pronounced a judgment on promotions in judicial services withou

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