India, Aug. 6 -- Chief Justice of India (CJI) B R Gavai announced on Wednesday that from August 11 onwards, designated senior advocates will no longer be allowed to mention cases for urgent listing and hearing in his court, giving junior lawyers the opportunity to step forward. CJI Gavai, who assumed office on May 14, has reinstated the practice of oral mentioning of cases-unlike his predecessor Justice Sanjiv Khanna, who required urgent listing requests to be made via email or written letters. "There is a great demand that no matters should be mentioned by senior counsel(s)," Justice Gavai said during court proceedings.

He directed the court staff to issue a notice stating that the new rule would come into effect from Monday. "Let junio...