New Delhi, May 28: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said senior lawyers should not argue cases during summer recess.
\nA bench comprising Justices B V Nagarathna and Satish Chandra Sharma said junior lawyers should be given opportunities during vacation.
\n\u201cSenior lawyers should not argue cases during these partial working days,\u201d the bench told senior advocates Mukul Rohatgi, Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Neeraj Kishan Kaul.
\nThe lawyers were appearing in a plea filed against an order of the National Company Law Tribunal.
\nOne of the counsels in the matter mentioned the matter seeking adjournment as senior advocate Shyam Divan was not available.
\nThe top court has rechristened its traditional summer vacations as \u201cpartial court working days\u201d.
\nThe development was a part of an amendment in Supreme Court Rules, 2013, which have now become Supreme Court (Second Amendment) Rules, 2024, notified on November 5.
\n\u201cThe length of the partial court working days and the number of holidays for the court and the offices of the court shall be such as may be fixed by the Chief Justice and notified in the official gazette so as not to exceed 95 days excluding Sundays,\u201d read the notification.
\nThe existing system had the Supreme Court taking the summer and winter breaks each year. The apex court, however, was not fully closed during these periods. During summers, \u201cvacation benches\u201d were set up by the Chief Justice to hear important and urgent matters.
\nNotably, the term \u201cvacation judge\u201d has now been replaced with \u201cjudge\u201d in the newly-amended rules.
\nAccording to the recently-published 2025 Supreme Court calendar, partial court working days would start from May 26, 2025 and end on July 14, 2025. (Agencies)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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