No Senior Advocate will be permitted to mention cases for urgent listing and hearing before the court of Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai from Monday (August 10, 2025).
"As directed, designated senior counsels are not permitted to mention any case/s before the court of the Chief Justice of India with effect from Monday, August 11, 2025," a notice issued by the Supreme Court said.
On August 6, the CJI had said that from August 11, no Senior Advocate will be permitted to mention cases for urgent listing and hearing in his court so that juniors get an opportunity to do it.
CJI Gavai, who was sworn in on May 14, had reverted to the practice of oral mentioning of cases for urgent listing and hearing by lawyers and discontinued the practice adopted by his predecessor Justice Sanjiv Khanna.
Justice Khanna discontinued the practice of oral submissions for urgent listing and hearing of cases by lawyers and asked them to either send emails or written letters instead.
