Under the revised rules, effective immediately, these partial working days will commence on May 26, 2025, with full working days set to resume on July 14, 2025.
NEW DELHI: With only a few days remaining until his retirement, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud has abolished the Supreme Court’s summer break, announcing that there will now be “partial court working days.”
The 2025 court calendar now labels the summer holidays as ‘partial working days.’
Under the revised rules, effective immediately, these partial working days will commence on May 26, 2025, with full working days set to resume on July 14, 2025.
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The term “Vacation Judge” has now been replaced with simply “Judge.” Traditionally, the Supreme Court takes a summer break of up to seven weeks from May to July, with designated judges conducting hearings during this period.
Court vacations have been a topic of ongoing debate, with critics questioning the practice given the backlog of cases. However, several Chief Justices and Judges, including CJI DY Chandrachud, have argued that judges are not idle during these breaks, as the time is often spent drafting pending judgments.
Recently, CJI Chandrachud proposed reconsidering the court’s vacation policies, suggesting alternatives such as flexible schedules for judges and lawyers instead of the current system of unified breaks.
