Supreme Court may put judges roster in public domain soon
Supreme Court may put judges roster in public domain soon
The Supreme Court is likely to soon make public the allocation of work to its various benches, sources said on Sunday. The move comes in the backdrop of the differences expressed by four senior judges of the court — Justices J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B Lokur and Kurian Joseph — with Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra on a range of matters, including the assignment of cases. “The apex court registry is very likely to upload on its website the decision of the CJI on allocation of matters. The system will be brought in the public domain as to who will hear what categories of cases,” the sources said. Courts in the country follow a roster, which is basically a list that reflects the turn of duty of the various benches to hear the category of cases allocated to them. The Supreme Court too has a roster but it is not available to the public unlike in some high courts.