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11.2. In Courts On Its Own Motion Re: Dengue Fever v. MCD
and Others, 1996 (5) AD (Delhi) 753, the learned Single Judge of
this Court took suo moto cognizance of a PIL on the basis of
newspaper reports. Later on, the learned Single Judge directed the
matter to be listed before the then Chief Justice. The Division
Bench presided over by the Hon'ble Chief Justice examined the
law with respect to the roster and held that the Hon'ble Judges
cannot take up suo moto congizance or entertain or take up the
work which is not assigned to them by the Chief Justice. The
relevant portion of the judgment is reproduced hereunder:
