Mentioning

I reproduce from:-

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
PRACTICE & PROCEDURE

A HANDBOOK OF INFORMATION
Third (Revised) Edition 2010
from page 43 as under :-

"x) Mentioning :
If urgent relief/directions are required in a fresh matter or in a pending matter, either the party-in-person or his advocate can give request in the prescribed form called Listing Performa to Deputy Registrar (Mentioning), on week days between 10.00 A.M. to 4.30 P.M. and on Saturdays from 10.00 A.M. to 12.30 P.M. The matter is then listed before the Court on the next working day only for the purpose of mentioning, provided the request for mentioning was received by 4 P.M., the previous day. However, no mentioning is allowed on Mondays. This facility enables the party to obtain immediate relief instead of waiting for the scheduled listing of his case. 
Mentioning Courts:

(a) Mentioning of Adjourned/After Notice Matters in which hearing of the matter is sought at a date earlier than the date fixed by the Hon’ble Court/by the Registry, as well as Mentioning of Interlocutory Applications (including Contempt Petitions) seeking urgent directions/relief in Adjourned/After Notice/ disposed of/Leave granted matters, is done only before the Hon’ble Court having Coram in that matter.

(b) Mentioning of Interlocutory Applications (including Contempt Petitions) seeking urgent directions/relief in such After Notice/disposed of/Leave Granted matters, where no coram
is available for reasons such as retirement/non-sitting of Hon’ble Judges, is done before Hon’ble the Chief Justice of India or before other Hon’ble Court(s), if any, specified for
mentioning.

(c) Mentioning of Fresh Matters where listing earlier than the scheduled date and / or urgent relief such as stay/bail etc. is sought is done before Hon’ble the Chief Justice of India and/
or, before other Hon’ble Court(s), specified for mentioning.

(d) Mentioning of applications for early hearing of Regular Matters is done before Hon’ble the Chief Justice of India. If, however, His Lordship is presiding a Constitution Bench, it is
done before other Hon’ble Court(s) specified for mentioning.

(e) There is no mentioning before any Constitution Bench.

(f) (Oral Mentioning) – Direct mentioning before the Hon’ble Court , [without routing it through the Registry] is however, allowed only before the Court presided over by Hon’ble the
Chief Justice of India. In case the Court presided over by Hon’ble the Chief Justice of India is not taking-up mentioning matters on a particular day, oral mentioning is allowed only
before the seniormost court sitting on that day."

RK SAHNI