Chief Justice of India NV Ramana today revealed that the reason for having a mentioning officer at the Supreme Court was to ensure that Senior Advocates do not get priority when it comes to mentioning,."We don't want to give any special priority to seniors, and deprive juniors of their opportunities. So this system was made, where all can make the mention before the mentioning registrar", said the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana. .The CJI also made it clear that if such requests are denied by the mentioning officer, lawyers could mention matters before him."You can automatically mention if it is rejected. Present a specific case, I will look into it.".This remark came after Advocate Prashant Bhushan raised grievances about the mentioning system noting, "Even after urgent memos are filed, matters are languishing.".The Chief Justice directed him to always go to the mentioning registrar first, and only when such request is rejected, should lawyers approach the Court.“This ensures no one gets special priority," he said..Bhushan, however, complained that the problem arises when the registrar does not reject the request and gives the green signal, but the matter does not get listed.The CJI assured him that if such an instance arises, the same may be mentioned before the Court.
Chief Justice of India NV Ramana today revealed that the reason for having a mentioning officer at the Supreme Court was to ensure that Senior Advocates do not get priority when it comes to mentioning,."We don't want to give any special priority to seniors, and deprive juniors of their opportunities. So this system was made, where all can make the mention before the mentioning registrar", said the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana. .The CJI also made it clear that if such requests are denied by the mentioning officer, lawyers could mention matters before him."You can automatically mention if it is rejected. Present a specific case, I will look into it.".This remark came after Advocate Prashant Bhushan raised grievances about the mentioning system noting, "Even after urgent memos are filed, matters are languishing.".The Chief Justice directed him to always go to the mentioning registrar first, and only when such request is rejected, should lawyers approach the Court.“This ensures no one gets special priority," he said..Bhushan, however, complained that the problem arises when the registrar does not reject the request and gives the green signal, but the matter does not get listed.The CJI assured him that if such an instance arises, the same may be mentioned before the Court.