SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
New Delhi, May 9, 2019
F.No.14/Judl./2019
CIRCULAR
- It is hereby notified for the information of all concerned that the following
norms/guidelines have been laid down for listing of urgent matters during
the ensuing vacation viz. from 13.5.2019 to 30.6.2019 :
Every matter to be moved before vacation Court should be
accompanied by an affidavit, indicating all the material facts necessary for
the formation of opinion about its urgency. The required material facts and
particulars should invariably include:
i) The nature of the matter;
ii) The date of the impugned order, if any;
iii) The reason for not filing it before the vacation, if the impugned order
was made or the cause of action arose on an earlier date;
iv) The latest date upto which the matter can be heard in view of the
urgency indicated therein; and
v) The nature of interim order sought for which the urgency is indicated
must be mentioned.
No matter shall be entertained and considered for listing before the
Hon’ble Vacation Judges unless it is, inter alia, accompanied by such an
affidavit which is sufficient to indicate the urgency for its being heard by the
Hon’ble Vacation Judges.
2. The following matters shall be treated as matters of urgent nature for listing
during the vacation :
1. Matters in which death penalty has been awarded;
2. The petition for Habeas Corpus and matters relating to it;
3. Matters relating to imminent apprehension of demolition of property;
4. Matters relating to dispossession/eviction;
5. Matters relating to and of general public importance;
6. Matters for anticipatory bail and matters filed against ordersrefusing/
` granting bail;
3. The following matters shall not be treated as matters of urgent nature for
listing during vacation :
1. Matters arising out of interlocutory orders;
2. Matters relating to remand orders;
3. Matters relating to predeposit of tax, penalty etc., under specified
statutes;
4. Matters arising out of life sentence or sentences for more than one
year;
5. Service matters involving transfer and/or reversion, dismissal and
removal from service;
6. Transport matters, except those relating to cancellation of permits
and needing urgent interim orders;
7. Matters relating to decrees and their execution.
It is hereby further notified for the information of all concerned that no
request for listing during vacation will be entertained before 4 p.m. on
Thursday the 9th May, 2019 and that urgent requests received for listing
from 4 p.m. on Thursday the 9th May, 2019, upto 1 p.m. on Saturday the 11th
May, 2019 will be considered for listing on 13.05.2019 and that all urgent
matters filed from 13.5.2019 upto 4 p.m. on 17.5.2019 will be listed on the
next Monday viz., 20.05.2019 and so on.
(Deepak Jain) (Surya Pratap Singh)
Registrar (JII) Registrar (JI)
9.5.2019 9.5.2019
