NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday took a serious view of the functioning of its officials over delay in listing of many cases for hearing for months despite completion of all formalities, including curing of defects in the petition, with a bench headed by the chief justice seeking explanation from its registry why a case was listed after a delay of one and half years.
While hearing a special leave petition filed in 2021 against the order of the Karnataka high court, a bench of Chief Justice UU Lalit and Justice Bela M Trivedi noted that the case was listed for hearing for the first time one and half years after it was filed and that too despite it being ready to be heard. Deciding to put under the scanner the functioning of court officials, the bench issued notice to the registry and directed it to explain the delay in listing of the case.
