New Delhi, Sept. 26 -- The circumstances around the listing of Gautam Budh Nagar district magistrate Medha Roopam's petition in the Supreme Court has taken an interesting turn with a lawyers' body issuing a statement demanding clarity from the Chief Justice of India (CJI) on how the matter got assigned to a judge who did not have the roster to hear cases of preventive detention.

A statement issued by the Lawyers Association for Constitution (LAFC) took note of recent news reports pointing out that the order passed by bench of justices Satish Chandra Sharma and N Kotiswar Singh on September 23 granting relief to Roopam was heard despite justice Sharma not having the roster to hear matters on "Habeas Corpus and Preventive Detention". The J...