Supreme Court Notifies New Subject-Wise Roster With Effect From November 11
The Supreme Court has published a new roster of work with effect from November 11, 2024, after Justice Sanjiv Khanna became the Chief Justice of India.
The roster allocates cases to benches subject-wise.
The bench of the Chief Justice of India handles the maximum number of subjects, ranging from PILs, social justice, service, election, indirect taxation, arbitration, admirality, judicial service, the appointment of constitutional functionaries, armed forces, medical admissions, personal law, criminal matters, contempt of courts, RTI, liquor licenses, mining leases etc.
PILs, habeas corpus matters, election matters will be handled by the first three benches (CJI, Justices BR Gavai and Surya Kant).
The subject wise roster system was introduced by former CJI Dipak Misra in February 2018, in the backdrop of 'master of roster' controversy which erupted after the press conference by four senior judges, who alleged that the CJI was selectively assigning cases to benches of preferences, ignoring seniority of judges.