New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has expressed confidence that the crisis in the country’s highest judiciary will be resolved, saying this was not the first time it happened.
In an exclusive interview to News18 Network, Jaitley said, “I think this is not the first time that this has happened. It does not happen very often, but I do not think this is the last time this is happening. I have great faith in our institutions and their resilience. I am quite sure that they are competent enough to resolve it themselves.”
Recently, four senior-most judges of the Supreme Court — Justice Jasti Chelameswar, Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Kurien Joseph and Justice Madan B Lokur — had aired their grievances outside the hallowed walls of the Supreme Court and said that the roster system to allocate cases to judges must be re-considered.
After failing to resolve the crisis with Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, the four judges had spoken out at a press conference, considered to be unprecedented in the history of Indian judiciary.
Recently, CJI Misra introduced a new roster system, wherein each judge of the Supreme Court would be allocated cases according to a specific subject.
Under the new system, effective February 5, cases will be allocated based on the subject matter they entail, said a posting on the official website of the Supreme Court. The CJI will hear all special leave petitions (SLPs) and matters related to public interest, social justice, elections, arbitration and criminal matters among others. These form a big chunk of the important matters heard by the apex court.
Left for the other judges are matters related to labour disputes, taxation, compensation, consumer protection, maritime law, mortgage, personal law, family law, land acquisition, service, company etc.
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