KAMINI JAISWAL Vs. UNION OF INDIA & ANR.

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The facts are disturbing in the instant case. By moving two successive petitions, one on Wednesday (8.12017) and the other on Thursday (9.12017), identically worded similar petitions, one by the Commission for Judicial Accountability and Reforms (CJAR) and the other by Ms. Kamini Jaiswal, Advocate of this Court, who is a member of CJAR. Both the petitions are identically worded. The petition filed on Wednesday was to be listed on Friday (10.12017) before a Bench presided by Honourable A.K. Sikri and Ashok Bhushan, JJ. As stated by Shri Prashant Bhushan, one of the counsel representing the petitioner, the said fact was informed to him by the Registry of the Court on 8.12017. Learned counsel further states that as the petition had not been listed before same Bench which ordered its listing for Friday, i.e. Court No.2, it became necessary to file the present second petition i.e. W.P. (Crl.) No.176/2017 by Ms. Kamini Jaiswal, Advocate of this Court.

(2.) A prayer was made to Court No.2 to hear the matter on the same day; urgency in the matter had been urged by Shri Dushyant Dave, learned senior counsel, who mentioned the matter. Order dated 9.11.2017 passed by Court No.2 is extracted hereunder :

(3.) In the other matter, i.e. W.P. (Crl.) No.169/2017, filed by CJAR, which was listed before a Bench presided by Honourable A.K. Sikri, J., following order was passed by the Bench on Friday, the 10th Nov., 2017 :