The Supreme Court restored its practice of “listed mentioning” of matters before the registry, less than 10 days after issuing a circular discontinuing the practice. The SC had on 14 May issued a circular stating that from 1 July 2015 all urgent matters could only be orally mentioned before the chie...

The Supreme Court has issued new guidelines for mentioning matters before it, according to a notice posted on the Supreme Court noticeboard.

Newly appointed CJI Altamas Kabir has restored the practice of “oral mentioning” of matters in the Supreme Court, and applications for early hearing of matters, which his predecessor Kapadia had abolished when he had assumed office in May 2010 [The Hindu]