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Supreme Court (Amendment) Rules of 2019
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- The Supreme Court has notified the Supreme Court (Amendment) Rules of 2019.
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- What does the notification say
- It expands the ‘master of roster’ authority of the CJI to hand-pick one of his colleagues to form a Single Bench.
- The single judge bench will hear and decide petitions dealing with matters of
(a) bail,
(b) transfer of cases,
(c) hear appeals filed under Section 406 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC)for transfer of cases from one High Court to the other or one criminal court to another,
(d) it would decide cases of transfer of an “urgent nature” applied under Section 25 of the CrPC,
(e) it allows advocates enrolled in any State Bar Council under the Advocates Act to argue a case in person directly without nod from the Registrar concerned.
(f) any other category of cases notified by the CJI from time to time.
- The notification comes in the wake of the expansion of the Supreme Court. Its judicial strength has increased from 31 to 34.
- Why the opposition
(a) Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), however, strongly objected to the amendment.
(b) It passed a resolution which stated that the amendments were passed without consulting the SCBA and urged the CJI to withdraw the amendment.
(c) The decision is a departure from the Rules followed till date.
(a) Under Order VI, Rule 1 of the Supreme Court Rules of 2013, a Bench should have a minimum of two judges.
(b) However, with the current amendment, the court would see a Single Judge Bench like in the High Courts.
Source
The Hindu