Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna introduced a new roster for case allocation across 16 benches. The top three courts, led by the CJI and the two senior-most judges, will handle letter petitions and PILs. The CJI’s bench will focus on issues like social justice, election disputes, and habeas corpus cases, while Justice Kant’s bench will also hear election-related matters.
New Delhi: Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna announced a new roster for allocating cases to 16 benches, designating that the first three courts led by the Chief Justice and the two senior-most judges will handle letter petitions and public interest litigations (PILs).
This new case assignment schedule, issued by the apex court registry under the CJI’s directive, took effect on November 11.
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The benches chaired by the Chief Justice, Justice B R Gavai, and Justice Surya Kant will hear fresh petitions stemming from letters submitted by citizens as well as new PILs.
In addition to handling letter petitions and PILs, the CJI-led bench will cover a wide range of issues, including social justice matters, disputes concerning the elections of the President, Vice President, and other elections involving Members of Parliament (MPs) and Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs), as well as habeas corpus cases and arbitration issues.
The benches led by Justice Surya Kant will also address election-related petitions.
Former Chief Justice U U Lalit had assigned PILs to all benches, a practice that was halted by his successor, D Y Chandrachud.
The new roster provides subject-wise case allocations for 16 senior judges who will preside over various benches.
Justice JB Pardiwala, who previously shared a bench with former CJI Chandrachud, will now handle both direct and indirect tax matters, in addition to ordinary civil cases.
Alongside the Chief Justice and the two senior-most judges, the remaining 13 judges include Justices Hrishikesh Roy, AS Oka, Vikram Nath, JK Maheshwari, BV Nagarathna, CT Ravikumar, MM Sundresh, Bela M Trivedi, PS Narasimha, Sudhanshu Dhulia, J B Pardiwala, Dipankar Datta, and Pankaj Mithal.
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