Chief Justice is master of roster, reiterates SC

July 06, 2018 11:01

The Chief Justice is master of roster and has power to allocate cases to different benches, the Supreme Court reiterated today.

This is the third time in eight months that the apex court has reiterated this principle.

The judgment was passed by Justices AK Sikri and Ashok Bhushan in a petition filed by Senior Advocate and former law minister Shanti Bhushan.

Bhushan's petition had called for a panel of senior judges to decide on rostering judges and assigning of cases.

The Attorney General had opposed it, saying it will result in chaos.

In April a three-judge bench headed by the Chief Justice held that the Chief Justice of India was the "master of the roster" who alone has the power to decide on the allocation of cases, virtually setting at rest the controversy raised by four of its next senior-most judges.

"There is no dispute that the Chief Justice is the master of roster and allocates cases to Judges. The constitution is silent on the CJI. Conventions and judgements over the time and accepted by all stake holders CJI is first among the judges. Being the CJI, he is senior most," said the Supreme Court.

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