Case Law Details
Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms Vs Union of India and Another (Supreme Court of India)
Once the Chief Justice is stated to be the master of the roster, he alone has the prerogative to constitute Benches. Needless to say, neither a two-Judge Bench nor a three-Judge Bench can allocate the matter to themselves or direct the composition for constitution of a Bench. To elaborate, there cannot be any direction to the Chief Justice of India as to who shall be sitting on the Bench or who shall take up the matter as that touches the composition of the Bench. We reiterate such an order cannot be passed. It is not countenanced in law and not permissible.
Full Text of the Supreme Court Judgment / Order is as follows:-
Today when the matter was listed before a two-Judge Bench, comprising of Hon’ble Mr. Justice A.K. Sikri and Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ashok Bhushan, the following order was passed:-
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