Vacations to Courts is the legacy of the colonial rule - Supreme Court has 193 working days annu…

Vacations to Courts is the legacy of the colonial rule - Supreme Court has 193 working days annually and High Courts 210 days

Is it not time to discontinue long vacations for courts, especially the Supreme Court when the Indian judiciary is grappling with backlog to the tune of a whopping 3.3 crore cases across the country ?

Right to speedy justice is a fundamental right guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution.

Public Interest Litigation filed questioning Why does Supreme Court work for only 193 days in entire year ?The system of vacations is legacy of the colonial rule. The situation as the country is facing demands that courts should do away with such long vacations. Every court, including apex court, must function at least six hours per day and 225 days per year, said the PIL.

Even seven decades after independence, the system of long vacations for courts - a practice introduced by the British in India to allow their judges ample time to travel home and back - continues.