New Delhi: The Chief Justice of India is the “master of the roster” and has the power to assign cases, the Supreme Court ruled this morning on a petition that called for a panel of Judges to take such decisions and echoed concerns raised by four top Judges who publicly took on Chief Justice Dipak Misra in January this year.
“The Chief Justice of India (CJI) has the role of first among equals and is empowered to exercise leadership in administration of the court which includes assignment of cases,” said Justices A.K. Sikri and Ashok Bhushan, confirming the verdict by two previous Benches.
