The system by which the Supreme Court decides the order of hearing of cases should be changed… SCAORA writes to CJI

Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court Record Bar Association (SCAORA) has written to the Chief Justice. The letter was written to determine the order in which the Supreme Court will hear cases each day. In a letter to the CJI, the association said arrangements for deciding the order of hearing of cases should be released a day in advance along with the list of reasons.

Concerns have also been raised about lawyers skipping cases before the Supreme Court, accepting requests to hear cases again after certain cases have been heard. The letter states that because the Supreme Court has refused to approve the transfer, members of the Elder Law Bar Association and those who are less technologically savvy are suffering the consequences. They are often unable to attend hearings on their cases.

What is the current system for determining the order of cases?

In fact, when the Supreme Court hears cases, it determines the order in which cases are moved up and down by making some changes to the order of the cases. The court took this decision before hearing the smaller case (i.e. at 10:30 am) and SCAORA has written to the CJI in this regard.

Supreme Court takes exception to High Court direction

The Supreme Court, while rejecting the bail petition a day earlier, objected to the High Court’s direction to fix time for completion of the case. The Supreme Court said these measures were difficult to implement and gave false hope to the parties. The court said such directions would adversely affect the functioning of the lower courts as many of the lower courts may be hearing similar old cases.