Since Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud took office a little over a month ago, the Supreme Court of India has decided on 6,844 cases, including 2,511 bail and transfer petitions
Delhi: A total of 5,898 cases were filed between November 9, when Chief Justice DY Chandrachud took over, and December 16, the last working day before the SC went on winter break, according to data made public by the Supreme Court administration on Monday.
The CJI had decided that all 13 benches will hear 10 transfer petitions involving marriage issues and the equivalent number of bail applications each day during a full court meeting in November.
Chief Justice DY Justice Chandrachud stated, “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.”
Additionally, he instructed to take up bail matters on priority, “those are the matters of personal liberty and we will prioritize them. All the courts will start their regular boards after hearing these 20 cases.”
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According to Hindustan Times, there were ten such days between November 9 and December 16 when the Supreme Court decided more than 300 cases. Chandrachud, the country’s 50th Chief Justice, presided over the highest court as it made decisions on an average of 236 cases every day, including 90 requests for bail and transfer.
The top court had said there were 3,000 pending petitions pertaining to matrimonial cases where parties are seeking transfer of cases.
The entire court had stated that 13 benches would be able to reach decisions if each bench took 10 transfer cases on a daily basis, “130 cases per day and 650 per week. So at the end of five weeks which we have before closing before winter vacations, all transfer petitions will be over.”
In order to ease the strain on judges who are required to view case files until late at night, Justice Chandrachud had also stated that he had chosen to reduce the number of cases that will be listed at the last minute in the supplementary list.
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