FIRST LAW

The power of framing roster which inheres in the Chief Justice has constitutional and statutory backing and by convention it is treated as prerogative of the Chief Justice. We, thus, cannot import the international practices in the constitutional and statutory scheme of this Court.

It is difficult to accept the prayer of the petitioner that the expression ‘ Chief Justice ’ appearing in the  Supreme Court  Rules, 2013 be read as ‘ Collegium ’ of five senior most Judges for the purpose of allocating the matters.