# Justice Oka calls for automated roster to curb manual case listing in Supreme Court 2026-10-27T17:00:59+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets Former Supreme Court judge Justice Abhay S Oka on Tuesday, 27 October 2026 said the top court was excessively centred around the Chief Justice and needed a proper roster system to prevent manual intervention in the listing of cases. Speaking at an event in New Delhi organised by the Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms, Justice Oka said the Supreme Court should adopt a roster similar to high courts, ruling out manual intervention even by the Chief Justice of India. Justice Oka said the current system assigns categories of cases to multiple benches, leaving litigants uncertain about which bench will hear their matters. He backed the collegium system, saying it should not be replaced unless a better alternative is found, but added that publishing resolutions on the website was not enough for transparency. He also called for automatic listing of fresh cases, a rational policy to decide priority cases, and stronger judicial accountability at all levels without compromising judicial independence. The event was attended by senior advocate Kapil Sibal, advocate Prashant Bhushan, former Delhi High Court judge Justice Rekha Sharma, Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, activist Yogendra Yadav and AISA president Neha Bora. Sibal said the country was facing an institutional crisis and public confidence in the judiciary was eroding, adding that administrative decisions like allocation of politically sensitive cases lacked accountability. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Both India Today and LiveLaw provide straight, agency-style reporting of Justice Oka's remarks, with no editorial slant. India Today foregrounds Justice Oka's call for a roster system and his defence of the collegium system, while LiveLaw devotes more space to his detailed critique of the Supreme Court's roster gaps and the practice of multiple benches for the same case category. LiveLaw also includes Justice Oka's observation that the concentration of powers in the CJI leads to a tendency towards 'hero-worship'. Neither outlet omits key quotes, and both attribute all criticism and suggestions directly to Justice Oka. The coverage is uniform straight reporting. The next step implied by the sources is whether the judiciary will act on Justice Oka's call for a transparent roster and automatic listing. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral - indiatoday.in (neutral report) Straight reporting of Justice Oka's remarks and event details - livelaw.in (neutral report) Straight reporting with more detail on roster critique and hero-worship comment This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Tags: Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms, collegium system, judicial accountability, Justice Abhay S Oka, Supreme Court of India Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/justice-oka-calls-for-automated-roster-to-curb-manual-case-listing-in-supreme-court/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/justice-oka-calls-for-automated-roster-to-curb-manual-case-listing-in-supreme-court/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/