Except For Extraordinary Circumstances, Urgent Mentioning To Be Done Through Written Slips : CJI Surya Kant

Newly sworn-in Chief Justice of India, Justice Surya Kant, clarified today that, barring 'extraordinary' situations, requests for urgent listing must be made in writing through a mentioning slip rather than by oral mentioning. He added that the registry would first assess the slip and the grounds of urgency, and the matter would be listed only thereafter.

 A counsel made an urgent mention of a matter relating to the demolition of a canteen before the bench of  CJI Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Baghchi and AS Chandurkar.

Refusing to consider any mentionings, the CJI said : 

' If you have any urgent mentioning, give your mentioning slip along with the cause of urgency, the registrar will examine and in those matters, if we find an element of urgency, will take it up." 

When the counsel pressed for the urgency in the matter, the CJI added that "unless there are extraordinary circumstances involved, when somebody's liberty is involved, there is a question of death sentence etc then only will I list it. Otherwise, please make a mention (in slip), the registry will take a call and list the matter."