Archive · 2 Jun 2025
Supreme Court: Senior Lawyers to Refrain During Summer Recess
The Supreme Court is changing how it works during the summer break.
Instead of a complete vacation, they'll have partial working days.
They've told senior lawyers not to argue cases during this time.
This will allow junior lawyers to have more chances to speak in court.
The rules have also been updated, and the term 'vacation judge' is no longer used.
These new rules started on May 26, 2025, and will continue until July 14, 2025.
The Supreme Court stated senior lawyers should not argue cases during the summer recess.
The court suggested junior lawyers be given opportunities during vacation.
The ruling was made by a bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Satish Chandra Sharma.
The court has changed summer vacations to partial court working days.
The new rules replace 'vacation judge' with just 'judge'.
- Who
- Supreme Court bench comprising Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Satish Chandra Sharma
- What
- The Supreme Court said senior lawyers should not argue cases during summer recess.
- When
- May 28, 2025
- Where
- Supreme Court
- Why
- To provide opportunities for junior lawyers during the partial working days.
- Ruling Date
- May 28, 2025
- Justices Involved
- B.V. Nagarathna and Satish Chandra Sharma
- Senior Lawyers Mentioned
- Mukul Rohatgi, Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Neeraj Kishan Kaul
- Subject
- Plea against a National Company Law Tribunal order
- New Rules Name
- Supreme Court (Second Amendment) Rules, 2024
- Partial Court Days Start
- May 26, 2025
- Partial Court Days End
- July 14, 2025
