
I'm hungry, tired to dictate: Allahabad High Court judge reserves judgment
India Today
The incident occurred on February 24, when Justice Subhash Vidyarthi of the high court's Lucknow bench passed the order on a plea filed by Chandralekha Singh.
A judge of the Allahabad High Court recorded his inability to dictate the verdict in a case after a long day of hearing, saying, "Since I am feeling hungry, tired and physically incapacitated to dictate the judgment, the judgment is reserved."
This happened on Tuesday, when Justice Subhash Vidyarthi of the high court's Lucknow bench passed the order on a plea filed by Chandralekha Singh.
As many as 235 cases, including 92 fresh ones, were listed for hearing before Justice Vidyarthi on Tuesday, and he could hear only 29 fresh matters till 4.15 pm.
But when he was informed about the current matter and remanded by the Supreme Court, Justice Vidyarthi started hearing of the case at 4.15 pm and continued till 7.00 pm.
The petition was filed in 2025 against an order of the DRT. The high court had, in May 2025, set aside the DRT order and directed it to decide the matter afresh after affording an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner.
This order of the high court was challenged in the Supreme Court, which, on August 25, 2025, set it aside on the ground that the respondent concerned was not heard.

This moment comes days after the Supreme Court allowed Harish Rana to die with dignity – a historic first court-ordered case of passive euthanasia in India. The court acknowledged the medical opinion that Rana will never recover and that the tubes that feed him and keep him alive are only prolonging his pain.












