NEW DELHI, Apr 25: Chief Justice of India T S Thakur , who hails from J&K on Sunday said judges don’t go to hill stations to enjoy the summer break, but spend this time on writing judgments and on clearing their desks so that fresh cases can be taken up, Thakur responded to question of reporters on PM odi reference to month long Summer break in Supreme Court.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi his address at the joint conference of chief ministers and chief justices of high courts referred to the month-long summer break in the Supreme Court and said he had questioned the long vacation when he attended a similar conference as Gujarat Chief Minister.
Justice Thakur during interaction with reporters said “Do you think we go to Manali or some other hill stations to enjoy ourselves? Let me first tell you it is only three week’s break. Who will write the judgments, (Justice J S Khehar) heard the NJAC during the break and then took a vacation to write the judgment”.
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