 "Perturbed by Thursday's order, the CJI said there were hundreds of matters listed in the Supreme Court daily and if the orders were passed like this, then the SC cannot function")
Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition seeking a direction to evolve a procedure for constituting benches and allotting jurisdiction to different benches. Calling the petition, filed by Advocate Asok Pande, 'scandalous', the apex court said CJI is the head of the institution to ensure top court exercises. It is constitutional obligation. The bench of CJI Dipak Misra and justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud was passing orders on a petition said, there can't be a presumption of distrust in the Chief Justice of India.
The order comes at a time when the row over the assignment of
