Supreme Court of India

Shanti Bhushan v. Supreme Court of India through its Registrar and Another

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Bench A.K. Sikri and Ashok Bhushan JJ.
Decided 6 July 2018

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Constitution of India – Art.145 – Administrative authority of Chief Justice of India in preparing roster for allocation of cases – Clarification of – Held: Per .K. Sikri, J.: The Constitution is silent on the role of the ‘Chief Justice’ – However, the Constitution Bench in the case of Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms had held that Chief Justice alone has the administrative control of the Supreme Court and he is the Master of the Roster and he alone has the prerogative to constitute the Benches of the Court and allocate cases to the Benches so constituted – Legal position…

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