New Delhi, Nov 18, 2022: Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud took a decision on Friday announced that the apex court benches will now be hearing and disposing off pending pleas for bail and transfer petitions everyday, in order to reduce the pendancy of such cases.
CJI Chandrachud stated that every one of the 13 Benches of the court currently functioning in the Supreme court would hear 10 cases each of bail and transfer petitions first thing every morning.
The CJI also directed that the benches finish off their pendency prior to the start of Christmas holidays in December.
“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,” the CJI said, noting that matters needed to be assigned primacy as they pertained to personal liberty.
The bench stated that as of now there were 3,000 petitions pending in the top court in relation to matrimonial cases wherein parties are seeking transfer of cases to a place of their liking.
The bench noted that if every bench takes up 10 transfer cases every day, then 13 benches will be able to decide 130 cases/day and 650 cases/week. This implies that the end of five weeks which we have before closing before winter vacations, all transfer petitions will be over.
