Of the 230 PILs in Supreme On Monday, CJI Lalit's bench to hear 206
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The Supreme Court will be swamped with PILs tomorrow. CJI UU Lalit’s bench will hear 206 pleas.
In yet another action-packed day in CJI UU Lalit’s 74-day tenure, the Supreme Court of India is set to hear 230 PILs on Monday, (September 12).
With the Chief Justice of India (CJI) UU Lalit stepping into the third week of his tenure, a bench headed by him would consider 206 PILs, including 185 PILs listed in the batch challenging the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019.
The batch of pleas challenging the CAA aside, the CJI-led bench will also consider cases pertaining to senior designation, implementation of the Domestic Violence Act, Sexual Harassment at Workplace (Prevention & Prohibition) Act 2013 among others.
15 other benches will be considering over 60 cases each.
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