India, Oct. 28 -- The Supreme Court's new roster, notified under the direction of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Monday, expands the range of subject categories assigned to benches, distributing a wider cross-section of commercial disputes, taxation, education, family law, environmental issues, and other civil and criminal matters among judges.

The revised allocation, which took effect on October 26, marks a significant reshuffle from the roster introduced on July 13, with several judges taking on additional case categories. The changes broaden the mix of disputes handled by individual benches rather than confining them to a narrower set of subjects, while retaining the existing system of assigning fresh cases according to sp...