For third time in 8 months, Supreme Court reiterates CJI is master of roster
Supreme Court
The CJI occupies the role of first among equals. He is empowered to exercise power in court, the bench added.
The Supreme Court today said that the Chief Justice of India has the authority to allocate cases because he is the "master of roster".
"This matter has not been treated as adversary in nature. It has been considered objectively," the bench of Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan said.
The CJI occupies the role of first among equals. He is empowered to exercise power in court, added the bench dismissing the petition filed by former law minister Shanti Bhushan.
This is the third time in eight months where the Supreme Court has reiterated that CJI is master of the roster.
In January, four judges J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, M B Lokur and Kurian Joseph had flagged certain problems, including the assigning of cases by the CJI, and said there were certain issues afflicting the country's highest court.
At the press conference, the four judges had said the situation in the top court was "not in order" and many "less than desirable" things have taken place.
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The Supreme Court later adopted a roster system for the allocation of matters to judges with Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra deciding to keep to himself the public interest litigation (PIL) cases. The order of the CJI was made public on the official website of the apex court.
The 13-page notification said a roster of the work for fresh cases notified under the order of the Chief Justice of India will come into effect from February 5 till further orders.