The Chief Justice of India UU Lalit conducted a full court meeting for taking a call on the current system of listing of cases along with ways for faster disposal of matters. The meeting was conducted after getting feedback from all quarters of the legal fraternity.
The main agenda for the meeting was the the new case listing system that was introduced after CJI Lalit took over . The other issues pertained to the administrative side of the Supreme Court.
The full court meeting was part of the last quarter meeting to discuss fund allocation and expansion of the lawyers’ chambers along with approving the list of holidays for the next year.
The listing of cases matter was taken as the bench headed by Justice SK Kaul had remarked that the new system does not give adequate time to take up matters fixed for hearing.
Justice Abhay Oka, who also was part of the same bench had said that many cases cannot be taken up as there are several matters within the span of the ‘Afternoon’ session.
Soon after, the Chief Justice clarified that he is aware that all judges were on the same page when it comes to listing of the cases.
He added that “It is true that a new style of listing is naturally bound to have some problems.”
He further said that there is another side of the new listing system due to which court has been able to dispose of more than 5,200 matters as against fresh filing, which was just about 1,135 matters.
The CJI said that by the new system, the arrears have come down by such a big margin,which is a sign of great beginning.
The current pendency in the Supreme Court stands at 70,000 cases.