Regarding the latest ruling of the Supreme Court regarding the position of the Supreme Court which o...........

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Regarding the latest ruling of the Supreme Court regarding the position of the Supreme Court, which of the following is correct?

Chief Justice of India is ‘Primus inter pares’.
Chief Justice of India and not the collegium is the master of the roster.

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Explanation:

Both the statements are correct.

The Supreme Court in latest ruling once again has upheld Chief Justice of India (CJI) as ‘Master of Roster’. CJI is an individual judge and not the powerful collective of five senior-most judges of Supreme Court called the ‘Collegium’.

CJI has exclusive authority to allocate cases to fellow judges and is spokesperson of the court. Court agreed with the submission of Attorney General K K Venugopal that if allocation of cases and constitution of benches is given in multiple hands, it will lead to differences and hurdles in smooth distribution of work.