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Three Constitution benches will sit during the summer vacation of the Supreme Court to help reduce the number of pending cases, according to Chief Justice J S Khehar.
The CJI has also requested the judges to consider sitting in courts for five days during the vacation to clear at least 10 cases each day and bring down the pendency.
"This way thousands of small matters like matrimonial disputes and mediation cases can be settled and arrears of cases brought down," Justice Khehar said in his address at the sesquicentennial celebrations of the Allahabad High Court, sources said here.
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"At the Supreme Court, we will set up three five-judge benches for hearing important matters like triple talaq during vacation," he said.
A Constitution bench will hear petitions challenging Muslim practices of triple talaq, nikah halala and polygamy from May 11.
Along with the triple talaq matter, the Supreme Court will also hear cases related to Aadhaar and WhatsApp during the nearly 50-day summer vacation.
This will be the first time at the court's 67-year-old history that three Constitution benches will sit during the summer break.
"The situation (with regard to huge backlogs and paucity of judges), is what it is. The question is whether we, judges and advocates, can do something. I have been working during vacations ever since I became a Supreme Court judge.
"We in the legal profession are at a turning point, a defining moment. We ought to make some sacrifices," he said.
The CJI recalled, "An issue like the NJAC (National Judicial Appointments Commission) was heard by us during vacations. If such a complex issue can be heard during vacations, why not other smaller matters. I would request judges and lawyers to rise to the occasion and take similar initiatives."
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