‘I RECEIVED A COMPLAINT & I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE REGISTRY...’ Will be failing in duty, if I don’t bring reforms in SC registry: CJI

Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Thursday said he will be failing in his duty if he does not introduce reforms on listing of cases in the Supreme Court registry before he demits office.

- OUR CORRESPONDENT

The remarks were given by the CJI while hearing a plea related to the UP Gangsters Act, previously dismissed by other benches of the apex court.

‘The bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi called for a “deeper probe” into the conduct of the Supreme Court registry as to how the case was listed before it, when a similar matter is also currently being heard by another bench of the top court.

‘The bench kept the petition filed by one Irfan Solanki challenging the validity of the UP Gangsters Act on the ground that it was repugnant to BNS Section 111, a central law.

A law is said to be repugnant when a state and central law cover the same subject area, in which case the central law prevails. He said since he took over as CJI, he has taken strong measures on the listing of cases but still the problem persists.