Centre Has "No Role" In Fixing Minimum Working Days For Courts: Minister
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The central government has no role in fixing the minimum number of compulsory working hours and working days for courts, the minister said.
There is no proposal at present to increase the number of working days or working hours of the Supreme Court, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said on Thursday.
The central government has no role in fixing the minimum number of compulsory working hours and working days for courts, the minister said.
In a written reply in Rajya Sabha, he said the top court has been working on an average of 222 days in a year.
"The number of working hours, working days and vacations of the courts are prescribed as per rules framed by the respective courts. The Supreme Court of India, in exercise of the powers conferred on it under Article 145 of the Constitution of India, makes rules for regulating the court's practice and procedures which includes its sittings and vacations...," he said.