Discussing the workload on the judges, he said that judging is a task which eats up time.
“There is a general opinion among the members of the public that judges have it too easy because they have a five-day week and also have summer and other breaks.”
This, he said, is a result of their ignorance about the amount of workload judges carry, the way they work and the kind of effort that goes into their business of judging.
“As an advocate I used to think that come 4:30 pm and the judges get into their cars and go back home. But it was only after my elevation did I realise that the judges put in hours and hours of work in their chambers and in their home office right from correcting orders and reading files for the next day,” he said.
He added,
“I would not be exaggerating if I say that a typical working day of a judge is nearly 12 hours. Considering the long hearing we hold; many reserved judgments take several days to painstakingly pen down after going through several rounds… Practically every vacation or break that I have had has been spent, in substantial part, in writing or completing judgment. This explains why there is a flurry of pronouncements soon after the breaks.”
Source: Barandbench
