Master Of Roster

Former Supreme Court judge Kurian Joseph Saturday pitched for an expanded mechanism including at least three judges to decide allocation of cases in the apex court.

The Chief Justice is the "master of the roster" and has the power to assign cases, the Supreme Court ruled today in a petition by former law minister Shanti Bhushan.

Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra is the "Master of the Roster" in charge of assigning cases but the allocation of cases has to be "fair and in the interest of the institution", former chief justice RM Lodha has said, concerned that the top court was passing through a phase that he described as, "to say the least, disastrous".

Attorney General K.K. Venugopal on Friday told the Supreme Court that the Chief Justice of India is the "master of roster" and he has full power to allocate cases and to maintain discipline.

Noted jurist and constitutional expert Fali Nariman dismissed concerns that Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu, who is also the Rajya Sabha chairman, has spent too little time deciding on the impeachment motion that was moved by seven opposition parties last week. Mr Nariman's view, opposing the impeachment motion, was one of the opinions the Rajya Sabh...

Whether cases should be assigned by the Chief Justice of India or by a collegium or panel of top judges will be examined by the Supreme Court on April 27. The court will take up a petition filed by former law minister Shanti Bhushan, which suggests that the Chief Justice of India must not have absolute power as "master of roster".

A petition asking for a change in the way cases are assigned was rejected today by the Supreme Court, which called it "scandalous". "The Chief Justice of India is the highest authority and he can't be distrusted," said a three-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra. In January, four senior Supreme Court judges had gone public with th...

Delivering the BG Verghese Memorial Lecture, former chief justice of the Delhi High Court Justice AP Shah hit out at the top judiciary, asking if being the "master of the roster" mean that the Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra remained unaccountable and above questions. On the concerns of the four top judges who spoke out in the media, he said it ...

In a sudden hearing on Friday, five judges of the Supreme Court headed by the Chief Justice of India said that he alone has the power to call a constitution bench because he is "master of the roster". In doing so, they cancelled an order passed on Thursday by the second-most senior judge of the top court, Justice J Chelameswar, who had already call...

Former Supreme Court judge Kurian Joseph Saturday pitched for an expanded mechanism including at least three judges to decide allocation of cases in the apex court.

The Chief Justice is the "master of the roster" and has the power to assign cases, the Supreme Court ruled today in a petition by former law minister Shanti Bhushan.

Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra is the "Master of the Roster" in charge of assigning cases but the allocation of cases has to be "fair and in the interest of the institution", former chief justice RM Lodha has said, concerned that the top court was passing through a phase that he described as, "to say the least, disastrous".

Attorney General K.K. Venugopal on Friday told the Supreme Court that the Chief Justice of India is the "master of roster" and he has full power to allocate cases and to maintain discipline.

Noted jurist and constitutional expert Fali Nariman dismissed concerns that Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu, who is also the Rajya Sabha chairman, has spent too little time deciding on the impeachment motion that was moved by seven opposition parties last week. Mr Nariman's view, opposing the impeachment motion, was one of the opinions the Rajya Sabh...

Whether cases should be assigned by the Chief Justice of India or by a collegium or panel of top judges will be examined by the Supreme Court on April 27. The court will take up a petition filed by former law minister Shanti Bhushan, which suggests that the Chief Justice of India must not have absolute power as "master of roster".

A petition asking for a change in the way cases are assigned was rejected today by the Supreme Court, which called it "scandalous". "The Chief Justice of India is the highest authority and he can't be distrusted," said a three-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra. In January, four senior Supreme Court judges had gone public with th...

Delivering the BG Verghese Memorial Lecture, former chief justice of the Delhi High Court Justice AP Shah hit out at the top judiciary, asking if being the "master of the roster" mean that the Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra remained unaccountable and above questions. On the concerns of the four top judges who spoke out in the media, he said it ...

In a sudden hearing on Friday, five judges of the Supreme Court headed by the Chief Justice of India said that he alone has the power to call a constitution bench because he is "master of the roster". In doing so, they cancelled an order passed on Thursday by the second-most senior judge of the top court, Justice J Chelameswar, who had already call...