Supreme Court of India
Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms v. Union of India and Another
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What the Court ordered
In view of the aforesaid, any order passed which is contrary to this order be treated as ineffective in law and not binding on the Chief Justice oflndia.
Judgment, page 6
From the headnote
Supreme Court: Allocation of cases - Composition of Benches - There can be no doubt that on the judicial side the Chief Justice is the first amongst the equals, but as far as the roster is concerned, the Chief Justice is the master of the roster and he alone has the prerogative to constitute the Benches of the Court and allocate cases to the Benches so constituted - Neither a two-Judge Bench nor a three-Judge Bench can allocate the matter to themselves or direct the composition for constitution of a Bench - There cannot be any direction to the Chief Justice of India as to who slulll be
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