Supreme Court of India

Shanti Bhushan v. Supreme Court of India through its Registrar and Another

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Reported as [2018] 12 S.C.R. 972
Bench A. K. Sikri and Ashok Bhushan JJ.
Decided 6 July 2018

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Constitution of India – Art.145 – Administrative authority of Chief Justice of India in pr eparing r oster for allocation of cases – Clarification of – Held: Per .K. Sikri, J.: The Constitution is silent on the r ole of the ‘Chief Justice’ – However , the Constitution Bench in the case of Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms had held that Chief Justice alone has the administrative contr ol of the Supreme Cour t and he is the Master of the Roster and he alone has the pr erogative to constitute the Benches of the Cour t and allocate cases to the Benches so constituted – Legal

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