Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna said that the oral requests for urgent listings and hearing of the freshly filed matters including old cases will no longer be entertained and the same will now be routed through email or written slips.
Justice Khanna will have a tenure of just over six months, as he is scheduled to retire on May 13, 2025.
With Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi administering oath to the two new judges, the apex court now has 28 judges against its sanctioned strength of 31
Former Delhi High Court judge Kailash Gambhir wrote to the President saying 32 judges were being superseded by the elevation of Khanna.
