The Chief Justice of India, Justice Surya Kant, on Friday said he is willing to sit on December 22, the first day of the Supreme Court’s Christmas and New Year holidays, to hear urgent matters.
A bench led by the CJI and comprising Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi made the observation while hearing requests for urgent listing of cases. The bench said the Supreme Court registry would first verify the urgency of the matters and list them accordingly.
“We will sit on Monday. We are not going to burden other Supreme Court judges, who have to study case files late at night to hear new cases. I will not bother any other bench,” the Chief Justice said. He added that the decision on whether one or more benches would sit on December 22 would depend on the number of urgent cases placed before the court.
“We are not sure whether one or two benches will sit. It will all depend on the number of cases. We will pass appropriate orders for constitution of the bench,” Justice Surya Kant said.
During the proceedings, the CJI-led bench also encouraged junior lawyers who were mentioning matters for urgent hearing to argue their own cases. In one instance, the Chief Justice told a junior advocate that the case would be taken up on December 22 only if the lawyer argued it personally.
The Supreme Court is scheduled to remain closed for Christmas and New Year holidays from December 22, 2025, to January 2, 2026.
