Apex court issues fresh roster for case allocation

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Days after Justice Sanjiv Khanna took over as the 51st Chief Justice of India, the Supreme Court Registry has issued a fresh roster for the allocation of new cases to 16 Benches of the Supreme Court..

It has been decided that the first three courts presided over by the CJI and the two senior-most judges will hear letter petitions and PILs...

According to information made public by the Supreme Court Registry under the order of the CJI, fresh petitions arising out of letters written by citizens to the apex court and new public interest litigations (PILs) will be heard by Benches headed by the CJI, Justice BR Gavai and Justice Surya Kant, the two senior-most judges...

The CJI-led Bench will also be dealing with a maximum number of issues, including those related to social justice, disputes related to election of President, Vice-President; and other matters related to election of MPs and MLAs, habeas corpus matters and arbitration...

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