Chief Justice of India Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud announced on Wednesday that the Supreme Court will have four special benches for hearings on four issues beginning next week.

"The Supreme Court will have four special benches for conducting the hearing on four issues -- criminal matters, direct and indirect tax matters, land acquisition matters and motor accidents claims tribunal -- from the next week," CJI DY Chandrchud said.

CJI Chandrachud also revealed that Justice Surya Kant will preside over the land acquisition bench. The exact composition of the benches is unknown at this time.

The CJI had already stated on Tuesday that there will be a special bench for direct and indirect taxes. "There will be a special bench from next week onwards on Wednesdays and Thursdays to deal with direct and indirect sales tax matters solely," he had stated.