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Alters norms for out-of-turn hearing
“I am what I am. I cannot change.”
This is how the new Chief Justice of India, Ranjan Gogoi, described himself at a felicitation function held on the Supreme Court lawns on Wednesday. However, his first day after being sworn in as the 46th Chief Justice of India promised a lot of change. Chief Justice Gogoi announced that only “extremely urgent” matters would be allowed to be orally mentioned for out-of-turn hearing. Parameters for mentioning would change, he said. The Chief Justice was accompanied by Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and K.M. Joseph on the Bench. Advocate Prashant Bhushan made an oral mention of his application against the government move to deport seven Rohingya refugees to Myanmar. Chief Justice Gogoi was non-committal, telling Mr. Bhushan that the Bench would have to first study the plea. The causelist, published later in the evening, showed the Rohingya case listed before his Bench on Thursday. The courtroom then witnessed a brief exchange between advocate Ashwini Upadhyay and Chief Justice Gogoi while the Bench was dealing with the few PIL pleas listed for the day.
Source : https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/chief-justice-gogoi-rings-in-change/article25117205.ece
