Corporate matters often referred for urgent hearing, cases of weaker sections take backstage: SC

NS Supreme court Flagging the issue of repeated mention of corporate matters for immediate listing by lawyers on Monday, he said cases of weaker sections and criminal cases would go backstage. A bench headed by Chief made this observation Justice NV Raman When Senior Advocate CU Singh put up a corporate matter for hearing on priority basis.

we have to wait. We (mention) are streamlining the system and here the corporations want their cases to be listed first, the CJI said. The bench, which also included Justice Surya Kant and Justice Hima Kohli, referred to criminal appeals, family disputes and pending cases of poor people and said they would be taken backstage.

Read also | ‘It’s your right’: CJI Ramana advocates 50% reservation for women in judiciary

Criminal appeals, bail cases and other cases of weaker sections are also pending. They are lagging behind, the bench said. Earlier, the CJI had said that the new system of mentioning matters for urgent hearing before the authorities of the apex court instead of directly on its benches has been implemented to ensure that senior lawyers get special priority over their junior colleagues. is not given.

We do not want to give any special priority to senior lawyers and deprive junior lawyers of their opportunities. Hence this system was created, where all the mentioning persons can make a mention before the Registrar”, the bench had said. Your right of possession is automatic, the bench had told advocate Prashant Bhushan.

CJI Ramana has stopped the practice of allowing direct mention of matters before benches for immediate listing and instead asked lawyers to mention their cases before the designated officer.

read all breaking news, breaking news And coronavirus news Here

.

Leave a Reply