SC disposes of 6,844 cases since Chandrachud took over as CJI

India

pti-PTI

New
Delhi,
Dec
19:
Within
a
span
of
little
over
a
month
since
Chief
Justice
D
Y
Chandrachud
assumed
office,
the
Supreme
Court
has
disposed
of
6,844
cases,
including
2,511
bail
and
transfer
petitions,
sources
said.

A
total
of
5,898
cases
were
filed
from
November
9,
2022,
the
day
Justice
Chandrachud
assumed
charge,
to
December
16,
2022.

Chandrachud,
in
a
full
court
meeting,
had
in
November
decided
that
all
the
13
benches
will
hear
10
transfer
petitions
pertaining
to
matrimonial
disputes
and
an
equal
number
of
bail
petitions
daily
in
a
bid
to
lessen
the
pendency
of
cases.

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court
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hear
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Fatehi’s
defamation
complaint
against
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on
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“After
a
full
court
meeting,
we
have
decided
that
each
Bench
will
take
up
10
transfer
petitions,
which
are
family
matters,
followed
by
10
bail
matters
every
day
to
dispose
of
all
such
matters
before
the
winter
vacation,”
Justice
Chandrachud,
who
took
oath
as
the
50th
CJI
on
November
9,
had
said,
adding
bail
matters
needed
to
be
given
primacy
as
they
pertained
to
personal
liberty.

The
top
court
had
said
there
were
3,000
pending
petitions
pertaining
to
matrimonial
cases
where
parties
are
seeking
transfer
of
cases.
The
full
court
had
said
if
every
bench
takes
up
10
transfer
cases
every
day,
then
13
benches
will
be
able
to
decide
“130
cases
per
day
and
650
per
week.
So
at
the
end
of
five
weeks
which
we
have
before
closing
before
winter
vacations,
all
transfer
petitions
will
be
over.”

Justice
Chandrachud
had
also
said
he
has
decided
to
cut
down
the
number
of
cases
to
be
listed
at
the
last
moment
in
the
supplementary
list
to
lessen
the
burden
on
judges
who
are
forced
to
see
case
files
till
late
at
night.

The
Chief
Justice
of
India
has
also
attempted
to
streamline
the
listing
of
cases
by
giving
primacy
to
bail
petitions
and
matrimonial
transfer
cases,
sources
in
the
apex
court
said.