According to the circular issued by the apex court on Friday, the six benches will comprise of Justices Arun Mishra and M R Shah, Justices UU Lalit and Vineet Saran, Justices A M Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari, Justices D Y Chandrachud and Hemant Gupta, Justices L Nageswara Rao and S Ravindra Bhatt, Justices S K Kaul and Sanjiv Khanna.
Sanjeev Kalgaonkar who joined judicial service in 1994, was appointed as the Secretary General of the top court by the former Chief Justice of India SA Bobde.
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Chief Secretary of every state to ensure availability of internet with adequate speed in each jail to avoid non-release of prisoners after grant of bail due to delay in communication. "We are concerned about the plight of the jail inmates who are not released despite the bail orders passed by this court due to delay in communication
Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana on Thursday launched an Android media app for legal journalists so they can cover Supreme Court proceedings live from their homes or offices and not have to risk infection by travelling to the court amid the Covid surge.
While the higher courts and most lower courts have been conducting proceedings via videoconferencing, Supreme Court reporters have till now had to cover the hearings from three media lounges on the apex court premises.
The app, developed in-house, will now give them exclusive links to the virtual proceedings on their mobile phones, through the official Supreme Court website.
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court is likely to resume physical hearing in three to four weeks, the Bar Council of India said on Monday after its chairman and other bar leaders met CJI S A Bobde for commencing normal functioning of the court, disrupted for nearly a year because of Covid-19 pandemic.
The CJI met BCI chairman Manan Kumar Mishra, solicitor general Tushar Mehta, SC Bar Association leader Kailash Vasdev, leaders of advocates on record association and former SCBA president Vikas Singh to chalk out the modalities and standard operating procedure for commencing physical and hybrid system of hearing. From today s meeting, it is clear that physical hearings are going to start in the Supreme Court within three to four weeks, Mishra said in a press release.