A new roster of cases to be heard by the judges of the Supreme Court of India has been published. The same will come into place with effect from today..As per the roster, letter petitions and Public Interest Litigation (PILs) will be heard by the Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi. The Bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur, the second senior-most judge of the Supreme Court, will also hear those PILs allocated to him by Gogoi J..The Chief Justice of India will also hear Social Justice matters, Election matters, Habeas Corpus petitions, Contempt of Court matters, cases related to appointment of Constitutional Functionaries, and matters pertaining to judicial officers, among others..Matters pertaining to admission to medical colleges, an issue that raised questions during the previous CJI’s term, will be heard by benches headed by Justices SA Bobde and Arun Mishra..Personal Law matters will be heard by benches headed by five different judges – Justices Lokur, AK Sikri, Kurian Joseph, NV Ramana, and UU Lalit..The roster system was introduced in the Supreme Court in February this year, by former Chief Justice Dipak Misra. As per the roster put out by Misra J, only benches headed by him could hear PILs and letter petitions..Here is the allocation of cases:
A new roster of cases to be heard by the judges of the Supreme Court of India has been published. The same will come into place with effect from today..As per the roster, letter petitions and Public Interest Litigation (PILs) will be heard by the Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi. The Bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur, the second senior-most judge of the Supreme Court, will also hear those PILs allocated to him by Gogoi J..The Chief Justice of India will also hear Social Justice matters, Election matters, Habeas Corpus petitions, Contempt of Court matters, cases related to appointment of Constitutional Functionaries, and matters pertaining to judicial officers, among others..Matters pertaining to admission to medical colleges, an issue that raised questions during the previous CJI’s term, will be heard by benches headed by Justices SA Bobde and Arun Mishra..Personal Law matters will be heard by benches headed by five different judges – Justices Lokur, AK Sikri, Kurian Joseph, NV Ramana, and UU Lalit..The roster system was introduced in the Supreme Court in February this year, by former Chief Justice Dipak Misra. As per the roster put out by Misra J, only benches headed by him could hear PILs and letter petitions..Here is the allocation of cases:
