SC bench to hear tax cases every Wed, Fri

NEW DELHI: Starting next week, the Supreme Court will have a special bench to exclusively deal with tax cases, Chief Justice of India Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud said on Tuesday, announcing yet another reform in the new regime as the head of the administration in the top court.

“There will be a special bench from next week onwards, on Wednesdays and Fridays, to deal with direct and indirect sales tax matters solely,” justice Chandrachud informed a group of lawyers seek dates of hearing.

The decision is in line with the move by a former CJI, justice HL Dattu, who had in the early months of 2015 constituted a bench that would only hear tax cases, recognising the need to reduce the pile of pending cases in the Supreme Court.