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We leave it open to the Supreme Court of India on its administrative side to take appropriate decisions... it added...
THE Supreme Court on Thursday said it cannot consider on the judicial side a petition filed by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) seeking direction to the Centre to convert 1.33 acres of land it allotted to the top court into a chamber block for lawyers..
We are categorically of the view that it would not be appropriate to entertain a petition under Article 32 of the Constitution seeking a direction that the entirety of the land admeasuring 1.33 acres should be allotted for the construction of a chamber block for lawyers, a three-judge bench presided by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud said...
The bench also comprising Justices S K Kaul and P S Narasimha said the SCBA cannot assert a right to the entirety of the land admeasuring 1.33 acres which has been allotted by the Union government for housing the Supreme Court Archives...
