(a) whether High Court has issued a notice to the Union Government for granting lower status to judges as compared to Governors and Ministers in warrant of precedence identifying the status of various Constitutional Authorities; and
(b) if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF LAW, JUSTICE AND COMPANY AFFAIRS AND SHIPPING (SHRI ARUN JAITLEY)
(a) & (b) : A Civil Writ Petition No. 5758/2000 P.
Kumar Versus Union of India has been filed in the Delhi High
Court challenging the Warrant of Precedence dated 26.7.1979.
The case was last heard on 12.12.2000. The next date of
hearing in the matter is on 13.2.2001.
The matter is, thus, subjudice.