Case Law Analysis
|Gujarat High Court
Roster System Overrides Doctrine of Consistency | Successive Bail Applications Need Not Be Heard by Same Bench: Gujarat HC
The Gujarat High Court ruled that the Chief Justice’s roster authority prevails over the doctrine of consistency in successive bail applications, dismissing a plea for mandatory same-bench hearings. The decision underscores administrative discretion in judicial assignments, even where prior Supreme Court precedent suggested doctrinal uniformity.