Roster Made Public for Supreme Court Judges, CJI to Hear All New PILs

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The new roster system, which will begin from February 5, apparently aims at dispelling notions about the CJI "selectively" allocating cases to bench of "preference" – as alleged by the four most senior judges in an unprecedented press conference on January 12.

New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra made public the roster on assignment of cases to the judges in the Supreme Court, and decided to hear all fresh PILs himself.

The roster, which has been made public for the first time, apparently aims at dispelling notions about the CJI "selectively" allocating cases to bench of "preference" – as alleged by the four most senior judges in an unprecedented press conference on January 12.

The new roster system will begin from February 5.

Justice J Chelameswar, whose official residence played the host to media for the January 12 press conference targeting the CJI, will hear cases related to labour, indirect taxes, criminal cases and consumer protection.

Justice Ranjan Gogoi, who is tipped to be the next Chief Justice, will hear cases related to labour, indirect taxes, crime, personal law and religion whereas Justice Madan Lokur has been assigned cases about ecology, consumer protection, mines and minerals, personal Law, armed forces and paramilitary forces. Justice Kurian Joesph will hear cases of labour, crime and family law matters.