Know the Supreme Court vacation Benches that will sit during 2024 summer break

The Supreme Court of India on Thursday notified the vacation Benches that will hear cases during the upcoming summer vacation of the top court from May 20 to July 7..In the exercise of the powers under Rule 6 of Order II of the Supreme Court Rules, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud has nominated twenty Benches that will hear cases during the seven weeks of the upcoming summer break..The seven-week break this year is one week more than the vacations last year. Notably, there will be three Division Benches on each day (except one week in June), unlike last year when there were only two.The Benches notified to sit during the Supreme Court summer vacation this year are as follows: .May 20 to May 261. Justices Bela M Trivedi and Pankaj Mithal2. Justices PS Narasimha and Sanjay Karol3. Justices Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra SharmaMay 27 to June 2 1. Justices JK Maheshwari and KV Viswanathan2. Justices Pankaj Mithal and Satish Chandra Sharma3. Justices Sanjay Karol and Aravind KumarJune 3 to June 91. Justices PV Sanjay Kumar and Augustine George Masih;2. Justices Aravind Kumar and Sandeep Mehta3. Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and KV ViswanathanJune 10 to June 161. Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta2. Justices PV Sanjay Kumar and Augustine George Masih3. Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Prasanna B VaraleJune 17 to June 231. Justices Vikram Nath and SVN Bhatti2. Justice Rajesh Bindal and Prasanna B VaraleJune 24 to June 301. Justices Abhay S Oka and Rajesh Bindal2. Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan3. Justice Manoj Misra and SVN BhattiJuly 1 to July 71. Justices CT Ravikumar and Manoj Misra2. Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Ahsanuddin Amanullah3. Justices JB Pardiwala and Ujjal Bhuyan.During the vacation, the Registry will remain open from 10 AM to 5 PM for all its officers and staff, except the non-clerical Group-C members, for whom the timings will be 9.30 AM to 5.30 PM on all days except Saturdays (other than July 6), Sundays and other holidays..A Supreme Court Bench of Justices BR Gavai and Sandeep Mehta recently commented how, contrary to popular perceptions, summer breaks do not give much respite from work for judges as they have to use such breaks to write judgments, among other things..[Read list]