(a) whether `he Supreme Court, High Courts and other subordinate courts remain
closed during the summer vacations despite lacs of matters lying pending for years in these
courts;
(b) if so, whether the Government proposes to call off summer vacations in the courts
for expediting the pending cases; and
(c) if so, the reaction of the Government in this regard?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE (SHRI K.VENKATAPATHY)
(a) to (c) : The working hours in the Supreme Court and High Courts are regulated by
the rules framed by the respective Courts. According to available information, the Supreme
Court of India works for 222 days in a year; all High Courts in the country normally have
210 working days in a year and the number of working days as well as working hours of the
District/Subordinate Courts are regulated by the concerned High Court. There is no proposal
to call off summer vacations in the Courts.