Supreme Court should not become a ‘Tarikh Pe Tithi’ court; Know who commented

Getting the next date during the court hearing is not a big or new thing. In the coming days, further dates are sought. Sometimes it takes months, years and even decades but the trial of the case is not completed. Lakhs of cases are pending in the courts across the country and this number is increasing day by day. With over 71 thousand cases pending in the Supreme Court alone, Justice DY Chandrachud, who is likely to become the next Chief Justice of the country, said that we should not allow the Supreme Court to become a ‘Tarikh Pe Tithi’ court. Justice DY Chandrachud, who was hearing the matter in the Supreme Court on Friday, said he does not want a date-to-date court. Dates are sought in litigation by lawyers, leading to long pending cases.

Let us tell you that a bench of Justice Chandrachud and Justice Hima Kohli, hearing a case, got annoyed when a lawyer sought time to argue a case. The bench said, “We will not adjourn the hearing. At the most, we can postpone the hearing, but you have to debate the matter. We do not want the Supreme Court to become a ‘Tarikh Pe Tithi’ court. We want to change this perception.”

Maintain the prestige of the court

Referring to a popular dialogue from the movie ‘Damini’, Justice Chandrachud told the lawyer in the civil appeal, “This is the apex court and we want the prestige of this court to be maintained.” The bench said that while the judges keep preparing till midnight, preparing for the next day’s hearing after carefully reading the case file, the lawyers come and seek an adjournment.

High Court must maintain discipline in the courtroom

Apart from this, while the hearing was going on in the Supreme Court on the petition challenging the provisions of the Places of Worship Act 1991 by a bench of Chief Justice U Lalit, the court also asked questions to the present Solicitor General of the Central Government Tushar Mehta. The bench stayed the hearing and later, when the counsel appearing for the arguments appeared in the matter, the bench refused to interfere with the appeal and asked Pujari to move the High Court. In another case, a bench headed by Justice Chandrachud refused to quash the remarks made by a High Court against a lawyer, saying that the High Court has to maintain discipline in the courtroom and it is up to the top court to maintain their discipline. It would not be appropriate to remove those comments on unprofessional conduct.