The Supreme Court of India will reopen on June 29 this year, after a six-and-a-half week long summer vacation period..As a result of a week off each in March, October and November, public holidays and the winter vacations in December, the number of working days in 2016 just about crosses the 200-day mark..And different courts in India follow a similar calendar..These numbers have often been co-related to the massive number of cases pending in courts across the country. The 230th Law Commission report suggested cutting down vacations by 10-15 days..In fact, judges like the former Chief Justice of India, RM Lodha have acknowledged this, and have been open to working through the vacations..Recently, CJI TS Thakur suggested the idea, provided both parties and their counsel were willing to co-operate. From the lawyers’ side, the Bar Council of India recently passed a notification appealing to advocates to work through the holidays. Earlier this month, lawyers and judges of the Jharkhand High Court agreed to work through the holidays, on a recommendation by Chief Justice Virender Singh..There are, of course, arguments against the idea of reducing the number of days off, the most pertinent being that overburdened judges need this time to finish writing judgments..The question, therefore, is should court vacations be curtailed, or even done away with, so as to dispose the spiraling number of pending cases?.Take the short survey below to express your opinion. Be heard!.Image courtesy: Supreme Court of India website
The Supreme Court of India will reopen on June 29 this year, after a six-and-a-half week long summer vacation period..As a result of a week off each in March, October and November, public holidays and the winter vacations in December, the number of working days in 2016 just about crosses the 200-day mark..And different courts in India follow a similar calendar..These numbers have often been co-related to the massive number of cases pending in courts across the country. The 230th Law Commission report suggested cutting down vacations by 10-15 days..In fact, judges like the former Chief Justice of India, RM Lodha have acknowledged this, and have been open to working through the vacations..Recently, CJI TS Thakur suggested the idea, provided both parties and their counsel were willing to co-operate. From the lawyers’ side, the Bar Council of India recently passed a notification appealing to advocates to work through the holidays. Earlier this month, lawyers and judges of the Jharkhand High Court agreed to work through the holidays, on a recommendation by Chief Justice Virender Singh..There are, of course, arguments against the idea of reducing the number of days off, the most pertinent being that overburdened judges need this time to finish writing judgments..The question, therefore, is should court vacations be curtailed, or even done away with, so as to dispose the spiraling number of pending cases?.Take the short survey below to express your opinion. Be heard!.Image courtesy: Supreme Court of India website
