Letter to BS: Supreme Court backs CJI on allotment of cases

The SC order said in unequivocal terms that the CJI is an institution in himself, a constitutional functionary

This refers to “SC backs CJI on allotment of cases, says no room for doubt, plea scandalous” (April 11). By Supreme Court’s (SC) dismissal of a public interest litigation (PIL), seeking framing of guidelines for rational and transparent allocation of cases and constitution of benches to hear them, the curtains are drawn over the unsavory controversy, regarding the role of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra in allocating cases and setting up benches to hear them, arising out of the unprecedented and politically motivated, public revolt by the four senior most judges in January.

The SC order