SC Vacation Bench to hear regular pending cases, lawyers can request for inclusion of old cases. [Read the Notification]
10 years, 11 months ago

SC Vacation Bench to hear regular pending cases, lawyers can request for inclusion of old cases. [Read the Notification]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court which closes for summer vacations from May 12 to June 29 has notified that vacation bench would now be hearing the pending regular cases to clear the backlog of cases.According to the notification the vacation bench will hear the cases on all days from Tuesday to Friday. The Supreme Court which closes for summer vacations from May 12 to June 29 has notified that vacation bench would now be hearing the pending regular cases to clear the backlog of cases. According to the notification the vacation bench will hear the cases on all days from Tuesday to Friday. All litigants and lawyers can approach the registry before 2nd May if required to get their regular cases listed before the vacation bench.

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SC redefines ‘summer vacation’ as ‘partial working days’
4 months, 2 weeks ago

SC redefines ‘summer vacation’ as ‘partial working days’

Hindustan Times  

Stung by criticism of being on “vacation” for seven weeks during summer, the Supreme Court, with the approval of the President of India, has amended its rules to introduce “partial working days” in place of the term “summer vacation,” a move that seeks to highlight the fact that some benches continue to operate even during the court’s annual summer recess. …

'Vacation' Renamed As 'Partial Court Working Days' : Supreme Court Amends Rules
4 months, 2 weeks ago

'Vacation' Renamed As 'Partial Court Working Days' : Supreme Court Amends Rules

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has amended its rules to substitute the term 'summer vacation/vacation' with 'partial court working days'. The amended rules were notified on November 5, in the last working week of outgoing Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud.The length of the partial Court working days and the number of holidays for the Court and the offices of the Court …

Vacation Benches Will Hear Fresh Admission Matters, Hybrid Hearings Possible : CJI DY Chandrachud
1 year, 10 months ago

Vacation Benches Will Hear Fresh Admission Matters, Hybrid Hearings Possible : CJI DY Chandrachud

Live Law  

In the last week of Supreme Court's working before the summer vacations begin, CJI DY Chandrachud informed the lawyers that the vacation benches will be taking up fresh admission matters and hybrid hearings will be permitted before the vacation benches for the convenience of the parties.Making the announcement, the CJI said–"In case someone wants to go and argue from somewhere …

Supreme Court Notifies Vacation Benches [Read About Composition of Vacation Benches]
1 year, 10 months ago

Supreme Court Notifies Vacation Benches [Read About Composition of Vacation Benches]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court of India on Thursday notified the benches that will hear cases during the summer vacation commencing from Monday, May 22 to Sunday, July 2. Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, in the exercise of his powers under the Supreme Court Rules, 2013, had directed that the top court will close for vacation later this month and reopen again in …

Should courts close for vacation?
2 years, 3 months ago

Should courts close for vacation?

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court of India goes on vacation for a week during Holi, 45 days during summer and for around two weeks during Deepavali and winter. In a conversation moderated by Sonam Saigal, Justice Indu Malhotra and Devadatt Kamat discuss whether courts should close for vacations amid the overall burden of cases on them. If there is an important matter …

No Regular Vacation Benches To Be Available In SC During Winter Vacation: CJI D Y Chandrachud
2 years, 3 months ago

No Regular Vacation Benches To Be Available In SC During Winter Vacation: CJI D Y Chandrachud

ABP News  

Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud on Friday said no regular vacation bench of the Supreme Court will be available from December 17 to January 1 during the winter vacation. Delivering the inaugural Justice SB Sinha Memorial Lecture on "Life of a Judge" in Ranchi in July, the then CJI Ramana had said judges spend sleepless nights rethinking their …

Advocates Seeking Urgent Relief During Supreme Court Holidays Can Approach Vacation Officer For Listing
2 years, 3 months ago

Advocates Seeking Urgent Relief During Supreme Court Holidays Can Approach Vacation Officer For Listing

Live Law  

The Supreme Court of India has issued a circular stating that any advocate who is seeking relief in urgent matters, either on court holidays or after court hours, can approach a notified officer of the Registry, and if required, a bench will be constituted.Such an officer, who shall be the Vacation Officer, would screen the papers, seek directions from the …

"No One Is Here" : Supreme Court Vacation Bench Rises In 30 Minutes After No Lawyer Appears In Regular Hearing Matters
2 years, 8 months ago

"No One Is Here" : Supreme Court Vacation Bench Rises In 30 Minutes After No Lawyer Appears In Regular Hearing Matters

Live Law  

A vacation bench of the Supreme Court had to rise within 30 minutes on Monday after adjourning all the regular hearing matters listed before it as there was no appearance by lawyers in any of the cases.It may be noted that the bench had already heard the fresh matters in the first 30 minutes. A vacation bench of the Supreme …

Judge-Wise Statistics Of Reportable Judgments Of Supreme Court In May 2022
2 years, 9 months ago

Judge-Wise Statistics Of Reportable Judgments Of Supreme Court In May 2022

Live Law  

In May 2022 – a month when the Supreme Court breaks for summer vacations, it delivered 101 Reportable Judgments. Statistics for May 2022 – Out of the total 101 Reportable Judgments delivered in May 2022, Justice M.R. The classification of criminal law reportable judgments is as under – Classification of Reportable Criminal Law Judgments in May 2022 Nature of Judgment …

Supreme Court To Take Up Regular Ready Hearing Matters During Summer Vacation If Both Sides Agree
2 years, 10 months ago

Supreme Court To Take Up Regular Ready Hearing Matters During Summer Vacation If Both Sides Agree

Live Law  

With summer vacation at the Apex Court commencing from 23rd May 2022, the Supreme Court has notified that Regular Ready hearing matters will be taken up for hearing before the Vacation Benches from Monday to Friday.Only the matters from the notified subject categories will be taken up as per the guidelines and norms approved by the Chief Justice of India.Any …

"Requests For Mentioning Fresh Matters Be Made By Email Only": Supreme Court Issues Rules For Hearing Matters Of Extreme Urgency By Vacation Benches
3 years, 9 months ago

"Requests For Mentioning Fresh Matters Be Made By Email Only": Supreme Court Issues Rules For Hearing Matters Of Extreme Urgency By Vacation Benches

Live Law  

Supreme Court has on Thursday notified that requests for mentioning of fresh matters before Vacation Benches is to be made only by email. The email has to address the email id mention.sc@sci.nic.in in the prescribed format.The direction has been issued as part of the circular dated May 27th, notifying rules and arrangements made to facilitate the hearing of matters of …

Supreme Court's Vacation Benches For Hearing Urgent Cases From May 26 to June 2 Notified
3 years, 9 months ago

Supreme Court's Vacation Benches For Hearing Urgent Cases From May 26 to June 2 Notified

Live Law  

The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday notified the vacation benches which would be hearing urgent cases for the period from 26th May, 2021 to 2nd June, 2021. The Chief Justice of India has nominated the following Division Benches for hearing extremely urgent miscellaneous matters during the Summer Vacation for the period from 26th May, 2021 to 2n June, 2021. …

Supreme Court benches to sit through vacation
3 years, 10 months ago

Supreme Court benches to sit through vacation

The Hindu  

Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana on Friday nominated four separate Benches of the Supreme Court to sit consecutively in May, during the first part of the summer holidays, to hear extremely urgent cases. “Under Rule 6 of Order II of the Supreme Court Rules, 2013, Hon'ble the Chief Justice of India has nominated Division Benches for hearing extremely urgent …

Supreme Court Issues Circular On Listing Of Cases Before Vacation Benches For First Part of Summer Vacation
3 years, 10 months ago

Supreme Court Issues Circular On Listing Of Cases Before Vacation Benches For First Part of Summer Vacation

Live Law  

Supreme Court has issued a circular stipulating the directions to "meet the demand of justice and for hearing of matters of extreme urgent nature" that is to take place during the First Part of the Summer Vacation, i.e. From 10th May to 16th May, two Division Benches will conduct a hearing through Video Conferencing Mode on Tuesday and Friday. From …

SC To Reopen Tomorrow In Virtual Mode; Will Pronounce Judgment In Lawyer's Plea Alleging 'Pick & Choose' Listing Of Cases By Registry
4 years, 8 months ago

SC To Reopen Tomorrow In Virtual Mode; Will Pronounce Judgment In Lawyer's Plea Alleging 'Pick & Choose' Listing Of Cases By Registry

Live Law  

The Supreme Court will be reopening tomorrow after a brief summer recess, and will continue hearing cases through video conferencing. 3 headed by Justice Arun Mishra will pronounce the judgment on a petition filed by a lawyer Reepak Kansal seeking directions of impartiality and equal treatment to Registry of the Top Court in matters of listing cases, without adopting a …

SC To Close For Summer Vacation From June 22 To July 3, Issues Circular For Hearing Of Urgent Matters During Vacation [Read Circular]
4 years, 9 months ago

SC To Close For Summer Vacation From June 22 To July 3, Issues Circular For Hearing Of Urgent Matters During Vacation [Read Circular]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court of India has issued a Circular for hearing of urgent matters during the rescheduled summer vacation which is to take place between 22nd June and 3rd July. from 22nd June to 26th June, two Division Benches, one Court of Judges-in-Chamber and one Registrar Court will conduct hearings through Video. from 22nd June to 26th June, two Division …

[Breaking] SC Curtails Summer Vacations; Period Till June 19 Notified As Regular Functioning
4 years, 10 months ago

[Breaking] SC Curtails Summer Vacations; Period Till June 19 Notified As Regular Functioning

Live Law  

Taking note of the restricted functioning imposed by COVID-19 lockdown, the Supreme Court on Friday decided to curtail the summer vacation, and decided to have regular functioning till June 19. The top court conducted a full court meeting through "circulation of views" which was of the view that work should continue as much as possible, at least till June 19, …

Pending Cases "Ripe For Hearing" Will Also Be Taken up During the Vacation Period: Kerala HC [Read Notification]
4 years, 10 months ago

Pending Cases "Ripe For Hearing" Will Also Be Taken up During the Vacation Period: Kerala HC [Read Notification]

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has released a broad schedule for sitting of vacation benches that will hear urgent cases and other cases that are the stage of disposal, via Video Conferencing. Last month, the High Court had announced that it will sit through the midsummer vacation, 2020 to hear urgent cases via video conferencing. In a notification by the Registrar …

Madras HC Cancels Summer Vacations Of HC & All Subordinate Courts In Tamil Nadu & Puducherry [Read Notification]
4 years, 11 months ago

Madras HC Cancels Summer Vacations Of HC & All Subordinate Courts In Tamil Nadu & Puducherry [Read Notification]

Live Law  

The Madras High Court has adjourned the summer vacations for all the courts in the state of Tamil Nadu and in the UT of Puducherry. In notifications issued for the same, it has been intimated that the summer vacation of all the Subordinate courts in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, scheduled for May 1 till May 31, are kept in abeyance …

SCAORA Urges Supreme Court To Partially Cancel Summer Vacations From May 18 to June 20
4 years, 11 months ago

SCAORA Urges Supreme Court To Partially Cancel Summer Vacations From May 18 to June 20

Live Law  

The Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association has requested the Supreme Court to "partially cancel" the Summer vacations and conduct hearings between the period of May 18, 2020 and June 26, 2020. In effect, it has been urged that the period of Summer vacations that were scheduled to begin from May 18 be restricted only between June 22 and July 5, to …

Cancel summer vacation to make up for time lost to COVID-19: Lawyers urge SC judges
4 years, 11 months ago

Cancel summer vacation to make up for time lost to COVID-19: Lawyers urge SC judges

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court Bar Association on Saturday unanimously resolved to press Chief Justice of India Sharad A. Bobde and other judges of the apex court to forego their nearly two-month-long summer vacation and make up for the time lost to the COVID-19 lockdown in the larger interest of litigants and justice. The SCBA, led by its president and senior advocate …

[Breaking]COVID19: SC Prohibits Physical Entry; Urgent Hearings Via Video Conferencing; Lawyers Chambers To Be Closed
5 years ago

[Breaking]COVID19: SC Prohibits Physical Entry; Urgent Hearings Via Video Conferencing; Lawyers Chambers To Be Closed

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday decided to bar physical entry into the premises, and to hold urgent hearings via video conferencing.The proximity cards issued for entry to Court will not be effective for the time being.The Court has ordered the sealing of the lawyers' chambers by 5 PM on March 24, and said that will work out a system by …

Supreme Court Bar Association Urges SC To Declare Vacation From March 23 Due To COVID19
5 years ago

Supreme Court Bar Association Urges SC To Declare Vacation From March 23 Due To COVID19

Live Law  

In the wake of the COVID19 pandemic, the Executive Committee of Supreme Court Bar Association passed a resolution of Saturday urging the SC to declare vacation for four weeks from March 23.The Association also suggested to adjust the lost dates in the forthcoming summer vacation.Taking note of the outbreak of Coronavirus, the Supreme Court has been following restricted functioning since …

CJI to be part of Vacation Bench, will hear ‘urgent matters’
5 years, 10 months ago

CJI to be part of Vacation Bench, will hear ‘urgent matters’

India TV News  

In an unprecedented development, Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi will be part of the Supreme Court's vacation bench from May 25 to May 30, mainly to take care of any dispute that may arise in government formation after the Lok Sabha election results are declared on May 23. The top court has a vacation bench functioning every year during …

SC Constitution Bench Hearing Scheduled From 23rd April Cancelled [Read Notice]
5 years, 11 months ago

SC Constitution Bench Hearing Scheduled From 23rd April Cancelled [Read Notice]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court registry has notified that the scheduled sitting of the Constitution bench from 23rd April has been cancelled. On Monday, the Additional Registrar issued notice in supersession to the earlier notice dated 16th April which stated that a five judge bench would hear the following cases from the week commencing from 23rd April: Indore Development Authority vs. Manohar …

Breaking : SC Introduces New Case Listing Norms To Eliminate mentioning, Ensures Posting Of Fresh Cases Within 3-7 Days
6 years, 1 month ago

Breaking : SC Introduces New Case Listing Norms To Eliminate mentioning, Ensures Posting Of Fresh Cases Within 3-7 Days

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has notified new norms for listing of cases, as informed by a ciruclar issued by the SC Registrar today.According to the circular :Fresh matters verified on Friday in the post lunch session and also on Saturday, Monday and Tuesday will be listed on next Friday.Fresh matters verified on Tuesday in the post lunch session and also. According …

Supreme Court Closes For 44-Day Summer Break After A Tumultuous Week; Reopens On July 2. Vacation Benches Assigned
6 years, 10 months ago

Supreme Court Closes For 44-Day Summer Break After A Tumultuous Week; Reopens On July 2. Vacation Benches Assigned

Live Law  

A happening final week in the Supreme Court witnessed two rare events- a midnight to day break hearing and a sitting on a Saturday, both relating to urgently ordered proceedings to hear pleas related to the ongoing Karnataka government formation drama.It also saw a rather quiet exit of Justice Chelameswar who otherwise made a lot of noise in past four …

Supreme Court Vacation Benches Notified
6 years, 10 months ago

Supreme Court Vacation Benches Notified

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday notified the following six Vacation Benches that would be hearing matters during the Court's summer vacation, which starts on May 21: May 21 to May 27: Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice Navin Sinha May 28 to June 3: Justice L. Nageswara Rao and Justice Mohan M. Shantanagoudar June 4 to June 10: Justice A.K. May …

After An Eventful Day, SC Closes For Summer Vacation
7 years, 10 months ago

After An Eventful Day, SC Closes For Summer Vacation

Live Law  

The Supreme Court closed for summer vacation on Tuesday, with 359 cases listed for hearing before it reopens on July 3.However, the day was quite eventful for the apex court, having convicted a sitting HC judge for contempt, for the first time in the history of the Indian judicial system. The Supreme Court closed for summer vacation on Tuesday, with …

SC To Close For Summer Recess On May 9: Vacation Benches Notified
7 years, 10 months ago

SC To Close For Summer Recess On May 9: Vacation Benches Notified

Live Law  

The Supreme Court is set to close for summer vacation on May 9. It is scheduled to reopen on July 3.However, in a notification issued on Wednesday, some division benches were nominated for hearing urgent miscellaneous matters and regular hearing matters during the summer vacation.A bench comprising Justice Arun Mishra and Justice Navin Sinha would adorn the division bench from …

Breaking: SC Ready To Hear 5000 Plus Cases During Summer Vacations [Read The List]
7 years, 11 months ago

Breaking: SC Ready To Hear 5000 Plus Cases During Summer Vacations [Read The List]

Live Law  

These are apart from the three constitution benches that will sit during the same time to hear complex issues such as The legality of triple talaq and the right to dignity of Muslim women, WhatsApp's implications on citizen's right to privacy The vexed citizenship tangle in Assam. The Supreme Court has expressed readiness to hear a whopping and unprecedented 5,298 …

Breaking: SC Ready To Hear 5000 Plus Cases During Summer Vacations [Read The List]
7 years, 11 months ago

Breaking: SC Ready To Hear 5000 Plus Cases During Summer Vacations [Read The List]

Live Law  

These are apart from the three constitution benches that will sit during the same time to hear complex issues such as The legality of triple talaq and the right to dignity of Muslim women, WhatsApp's implications on citizen's right to privacy The vexed citizenship tangle in Assam. The Supreme Court has expressed readiness to hear a whopping and unprecedented 5,298 …

Judges choose work over vacation
7 years, 11 months ago

Judges choose work over vacation

The Hindu  

For the first time in recent legal history, the Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice of India J.S. Khehar, will have three Constitution Benches functioning simultaneously, along with the usual vacation Bench, in a historic step away from its colonial tradition of a prolonged summer vacation spanning almost two months from May to July. Triple talaq case The three cases …

SC closes for summer vacation: All new SC judges to hear cases during vacation
8 years, 10 months ago

SC closes for summer vacation: All new SC judges to hear cases during vacation

Live Law  

Supreme Court has been closed for summer vacation. All the newly appointed Supreme Court Judges will be hearing cases during this Vacation. Urgent Miscellaneous matters will be head on Mondays every week and Regular hearing matters during the rest of the days. According to the notification issued today, Justices A.M. Sapre and Ashok Bhushan will be hearing miscellaneous urgent matters …

Supreme Court to Re-open Today, Three new judges to be sworn in, Constitution Bench begins in the Second Week
10 years, 8 months ago

Supreme Court to Re-open Today, Three new judges to be sworn in, Constitution Bench begins in the Second Week

Live Law  

The Supreme Court will be reopening today, after a vacation of 49 days starting from May 12th. The Supreme Court will be working more this year than it did in the year 2013, due to the high pendency of cases.As per the Supreme Court’s calendar for 2014, of the 365 days, the court will work for nearly 200 days whereas …

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