The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Bhushan Ramakrishna Gavai (May 21, 2025) has expressed displeasure over the judges responsible for the case pendency on Wednesday (May 21, 2025). He says that the judges are responsible for the pending cases, while in reality the lawyers do not want to work.
A case was requested in the Supreme Court that he should be listed after the judges ‘holidays, that is, when the judges’ holidays are over, then the matter should be imposed. On this, CJI BR Gawai got angry and said, ‘Firstly, five judges are on leave and we are working, yet we are defamed for pending cases. These are lawyers, who do not want to work.
The holidays of the Supreme Court and the High Court judges often become a matter of debate. The Supreme Court works 193 days in a year. There are three holidays for judges throughout the year. The biggest summer vacation is, which meet from the end of May to the first week of July. Former Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud has earlier said that matters related to important constitutional matters or important questions of law are mainly dealt with during the holidays. This happens only when you have a long break. Judges also work on Holi, Deepawali. At the same time, when we talk about the court, the court is not completely closed during vacation, but the vacation bench looks work. Before the commencement of summer vacation, CJI makes roster and bench is made for hearing of cases.
The Supreme Court has a week’s holidays during Dussehra from Dussehra, after which there is a vacation in the Supreme Court for about two weeks during the cold in December. Since the time of the British, this system of annual vacation has been running. Talking about High Courts, there is 210 days of work in a year and the High Court judge can create a calendar of Annual Leave himself. There is 245 days of work in the district or trial court. Their calendar is decided according to the local holidays.
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