Senior advocate Dushyant Dave has written a letter to Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi raising concerns about the way in which cases involving the Adani Group were heard by the Supreme Court during its summer vacation – even though these cases were not urgent.
In the letter dated 16 August, a copy of which has been accessed by The Quint, the veteran Supreme Court lawyer has alleged that two cases involving Adani Group of companies were listed out of turn and then disposed of by a vacation bench of Justices Arun Mishra and MR Shah, “in complete contravention of the settled practice of the Supreme Court as also its established Procedure.”
Dave also points out that two other previous matters relating to the Adani Group had been listed before benches headed by Justice Mishra even though they should have, he argues, been listed before other judges instead.
Dave says he deemed it necessary to inform the CJI of these happenings as “an officer of the Court” and requests the CJI to “look into the matter and take corrective steps as deemed appropriate to protect this institution.”