Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra has made public the assignment of cases in the Supreme Court and has also decided that he will take up all public interest petitions, weeks after four judges called an extraordinary press conference to accuse the top judge of allocating "sensitive cases" to junior judges.

The Supreme Court roster for judges has been made public for the first time in the shadow of a rift after the Chief Justice was publicly criticised by four judges who are senior most after him - Justices Jasti Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, MB Lokurand Kurian Joseph.

The new roster system will begin from Monday and will apply to new cases.

The Chief Justice will hear all PILs or Public Interest Litigation and cases related to elections, criminal cases, social justice cases and the appointment of constitutional functionaries.

Justice J Chelameswar, the number two judge of the Supreme Court, who called the media to his home for the January 12 press conference targeting the Chief Justice, will hear cases related to labour, indirect taxes, criminal cases and consumer protection.

Justice Ranjan Gogoi, who is tipped to be the next Chief Justice, will hear cases related to labour, indirect taxes, crime, personal law and religion.

Justice Madan Lokur has been assigned cases about ecology, consumer protection, mines and minerals, personal Law, armed forces and paramilitary forces.