Dismissing a PIL for want of merit, Acting Chief Justice BD Ahmed and Justice V Bakhru observed that judges of the High Court spend a large amount of time writing judgments and reading court files as per a report in the Times of India. .The Bench was hearing a writ petition filed by one “Prakash India” a registered society, seeking the discontinuation of court vacations as it was a colonial practice and causes great suffering to litigants..Observing that perhaps the Petitioner was not aware of the manner in which the High Court functions and dismissing the plea to allow the court to function on a “rotational” basis, the Bench observed that,.Unfortunately other organisations cannot be compared with court system. It is not practically feasible nor advisable to work in rotation. It might become absolutely chaotic. We don’t see any merit in this case and dismiss [it]..The Delhi High Court is not the first forum to face the question of continuing the practice of court vacations. In May this year, a similar petition was filed before the Madras High Court, alleging that the practice of summer vacations is a violation of the “fundamental right to speedy justice”..The petition reportedly relied on this column written by a judge of the Madras High Court, Justice Chandru where the judge had observed that the practice of summer vacations was “a huge waste of human resources”.
Dismissing a PIL for want of merit, Acting Chief Justice BD Ahmed and Justice V Bakhru observed that judges of the High Court spend a large amount of time writing judgments and reading court files as per a report in the Times of India. .The Bench was hearing a writ petition filed by one “Prakash India” a registered society, seeking the discontinuation of court vacations as it was a colonial practice and causes great suffering to litigants..Observing that perhaps the Petitioner was not aware of the manner in which the High Court functions and dismissing the plea to allow the court to function on a “rotational” basis, the Bench observed that,.Unfortunately other organisations cannot be compared with court system. It is not practically feasible nor advisable to work in rotation. It might become absolutely chaotic. We don’t see any merit in this case and dismiss [it]..The Delhi High Court is not the first forum to face the question of continuing the practice of court vacations. In May this year, a similar petition was filed before the Madras High Court, alleging that the practice of summer vacations is a violation of the “fundamental right to speedy justice”..The petition reportedly relied on this column written by a judge of the Madras High Court, Justice Chandru where the judge had observed that the practice of summer vacations was “a huge waste of human resources”.