The Supreme Court has released a new roster of work saying that PILs would now be heard by Chief Justice of India S A Bobde and three other senior-most judges of the apex court.

In the roster of allocation of work that took effect from November 26, CJI Bobde has kept public interest litigations and letter petitions to himself along with Justices N V Ramana, Arun Mishra and R F Nariman.

As per the new roster, a Bench headed by Justice Ramana would deal with matters pertaining to armed forces, paramilitary, compensation, criminal and ordinary civil matters and issues related to judicial officers, employees of Supreme Court, high courts, district courts and tribunals, among others.

The CJI will also be dealing with criminal matters and cases related to commissions of enquiry, company law, monopolistic and restrictive trade practices, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Securities and Exchange Board of India and the Reserve Bank of India, among others.

Justice Ramana will also be hearing matters related to eviction under public premises Act, special leave petitions challenging arbitration matters, admirality and maritime laws and issues of commercial transactions.

Similarly, A Bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra would deal with land acquisition and requisition matters, quota in admission to medical colleges, appeal against orders of statutory bodies and issue of establishment and recognition of educational institutions, among others.