Judges Burn Midnight Oil Even During Vacations: Supreme Court On Work Comments
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"Let those who castigate the judiciary think of these things. A simple appeal for which 90 days or 60 days period is given, the authorities don't come on time. And they say we work less," the bench said.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday lamented that despite the effort put in by judges, who burn the midnight oil even during vacations, they have to stomach comments about working very little.
A vacation bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra Sharma made the remark while hearing a plea of former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren challenging his arrest in a money laundering case and seeking interim bail to campaign in the Lok Sabha elections.
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Mr Soren, complained about a Jharkhand High Court bench having taken two months to pronounce the verdict on the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader's plea against his arrest.
