On 14 May 2015, a Circular was issued by the Supreme Court registry as per which henceforth all urgent matters shall be mentioned orally only before the Chief Justice of India and it further directed that the practice of “listed mentioning” before the Deputy Registrar (Mentioning) shall stand discontinued in supersession of all circulars issued earlier on this subject. Vide its letter dated 16 May 2015, the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) strongly protested against this Circular [see: SCBA protests against Supreme Court order of only oral mentioning before Chief Justice for urgent matters]. Now, following the protest, within a few days of the earlier Circular, the Supreme Court registry has restored the earlier practice of “listed mentioning” before a Registrar in addition to the oral mentioning of the urgent matters before the Chief Justice of India.
As per a new Circular dated 22 May 2015 issued by the Supreme Court registry, which partially modifies the earlier Circular of 14 May 2015, it has been notified that with effect from 1st July 2015, “listed mentioning” of urgent matters before the Courts shall be done through Shri M.V. Ramesh, Registrar instead of the Deputy Registrar (Mentioning), while the oral mentioning of the urgent matters shall continue before the Chief Justice’s Court.
A copy of this new Circular dated 22 May 2015 can be downloaded from here.
