From Our Bureau
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court judge Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, the next in line to become the Chief Justice of India in August though for less than three months, on Friday favoured the courts starting their day early. If children can go to school at 7 AM, why cannot judges and lawyers start work at 9 AM, an ideal time, he asked.
His remarks came after a Bench headed by him with Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Sudhanshu Dhulia started the day’s proceedings at 9.30 AM, an hour earlier than the usual starting time of 10.30 AM.
Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, a former attorney general appearing in a case of bail matter, praised the bench at the end of the hearing for starting the day’s work earlier than the usual time.
Justice Lalit expressed his views that if courts start their work early, they can finish the day’s work early and judges would have more time in the evening to look into the case files slated to be taken up the next day.
“The courts can start their work at 9 am and rise at 11.30 am for a half an hour break and then finish the day’s work by 2 pm. By doing this, judges will get more time to do more things in the evening,” Justice Lalit said.
Justice Lalit expressed his views that if courts start their work early, they can finish the day’s work early and judges would have more time in the evening to look into the case files slated to be taken up the next day.
“The courts can start their work at 9 am and rise at 11.30 am for a half an hour break and then finish the day’s work by 2 pm. By doing this, judges will get more time to do more things in the evening,” Justice Lalit added. At present, the Supreme Court benches sit from 10.30 AM to 4 PM on the weekdays.
