The Supreme Court has come out with a fresh roster for allocation of new cases to 15 benches from July 3 and the first three courts presided over by Chief Justice of India (CJI) D.Y. Chandrachud and the two senior-most judges respectively will hear PILs.
The roster for the assignment of fresh cases was notified by the apex court registry under the order of the CJI and will come into effect from July 3 when the top court reopens after the summer vacation.
In a significant development, now, the fresh petitions arising out of the letters written by the citizens to the apex court and the new public interest litigations (PILs) will be heard by the benches presided over by the CJI, Justice S.K. Kaul and Justice Sanjiv Khanna, the two senior-most judges, respectively.