See how fixing, hunting & shopping are becoming headache for Supreme Court
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Finding fixers
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Fixing, hunting & shopping
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A matter of roster
Later a PIL echoing the 'bench fixing' charge levelled by the judges said that the prerogative of which petition goes to which judge should not be vested only in the CJI but jointly exercised by the five seniormost judges.
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The forum shoppers
In the Sahara Judgment delivered by the two Judge Bench consisting of Justice Radhakrishnan and Justice Khehar, the Supreme Court came down heavily on Senior Counsels by saying that “if it was learned counsel’s posturing antics, aimed at bench-hunting or bench-hopping (or should we say, bench-avoiding), we would not allow that. Affronts, jibes and carefully and consciously planned snubs could not deter us, from discharging our onerous responsibility”
(In pic: Justice Radhakrishnan and Justice Khehar)
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How it works
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