As
per Article 145(1)(b) of the Constitution of India read with clause (2) thereof,
the Supreme Court is empowered to make rules to regulate its own
procedure for hearing appeals and other matters pertaining to appeals
and may fix the minimum number of judges who are to sit for such
purposes. The Supreme Court in the past and as per its decisions, has
constituted specialised benches to deal with cases engaging different
subject matters. As the issue primarily falls within the purview of the
court, the Government has no role in constituting specialized benches in
the said court. This
information was given by Arjun Ram Meghwal, the Union Minister of Law and Justice in a written reply in Lok Sabha.
As
per information provided by Supreme Court regarding the constitution of
Special Benches by it, since November 2022, six Special Benches have
been constituted by the Chief Justice of India; the sitting of
such Special Benches is on every Wednesday and Thursday which are
designated as “Regular Hearing Days” and these Benches deal with:
(i) Death Reference Cases & Criminal Matters;
(ii) Land Acquisition and Requisition Matters;
(iii) Compensation Matters and Matters relating to Consumer Protection
(iv) Indirect Tax matters and Arbitration matters
(v) Service Matters and
(vi) Direct Tax Matters.
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