The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed strong displeasure at the Centre’s last-minute request to defer the hearing on a batch of petitions, including one filed by the Madras Bar Association , that challenge the constitutional validity of the Tribunal Reforms (Rationalisation and Conditions of Service) Act, 2021.

CJI Gavai: “Very Unfair to the Court”

A bench led by Chief Justice B.R. Gavai took sharp exception to the Centre’s request for adjournment, made through Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati , who cited Attorney General R. Venkataramani’s international arbitration commitments as the reason for seeking a delay.

“ Very unfair to the court, ” remarked the CJI, noting that the Attorney General had already been accommodated multiple times. “We have accommodated him t

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