If children can go to school at 7 in the morning, why cannot Judges & Lawyers start their day at 9 am, Apex Court Judge Justice UU Lalit remarked on Friday.
A bench of Justice Lalit, Justice S Ravindra Bhat & Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia on Friday started Friday's work at 9.30 am, an hour earlier than the usual working hour of the Supreme Court. Justice Lalit, who is next in line to become the Chief Justice of India, said, "In my view, ideally we should sit at 9 in the morning. I have always said that if our children can go to school at 7 in the morning, then why can't we come at 9 am?" The remark came after senior lawyer Mukul Rohatgi, appearing in one of the bail matters, lauded the bench at the end of the hearing of the case for sitting earlier than the usual time.
He said, "I must say that this time of 9.30 am is a more proper time to start the courts." Justice Lalit said if the courts can start early, it can finish the day's work early & judges would get more time in the evening to read the case files for the next day. "The courts can start their work at 9 am & rise at 11.30 am for a half an hour break & 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, adding this arrangement could work when there are only fresh matters & cases that don't require lengthy hearings.
Advocate Rohatgi said hopefully these arrangements could be seen more by the end of August. To this, Justice Lalit said, "This is just a capsule."
The Judges of the Supreme Court hear cases from 10:30 am to 4 pm on weekdays. CJI NV Ramana is set to retire on August 26 & Justice Lalit will take over charge from him & remain in office till November 8, this year.
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