5 senior-most SC judges, including CJI, to sit during 1st week of summer vacation
Five senior-most judges of the Supreme Court, including Chief Justice of India BR Gavai, will hold courts from May 26 to June 1 — during the first week of the ensuing summer vacation.
According to a notification issued by the Supreme Court, the summer vacation—rechristened as “partial court working days”—would be from May 26 to July 13. The Supreme Court will regularly function from July 14, 2025, on reopening, the notification said.
In all there will be 21 vacation Benches and two to five Benches will sit during each of the “partial court working days” as against the earlier practice of having only two vacation Benches not manned by senior judges during the summer break.
The Registry will remain open from 10 am to 5 pm for all officers and staff and will remain closed on all Saturdays, (other than July 12, 2025), Sundays, and public holidays.
The schedule of vacation Benches is as follows:
May 26 to June 1, 2025 (Five Benches)
Chief Justice of India and Justice AG Masih
Justices Surya Kant and Dipankar Datta
Justices Vikram Nath and Sanjay Kumar
Justices JK Maheshwari and Aravind Kumar
Justices BV Nagarathna and SC Sharma
June 2 to June 8, 2025 (Three Benches)
Justices Sanjay Karol and Satish Chandra Sharma
Justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and SVN Bhatti
Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and AG Masih
June 9 to June 15, 2025 (Two Benches)
Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Manmohan
Justices SVN Bhatti and Punjab Varale
June 16 to June 22, 2025 (Two Benches):
Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and Manmohan
Justices Sandeep Mehta and Punjab Varale
June 23 to June 29, 2025 (Three Benches)
Justices KV Viswanathan and N Kotiswar Singh
Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and K Vinod Chandran
Justices Sandeep Mehta and Joymalya Bagchi
June 30 to July 6, 2025 (Three Benches)
Justices MM Sundresh and K Vinod Chandran
Justices PS Narasimha and R Mahadevan
Justices Manoj Misra and N Kotiswar Singh
July 7 to July 13, 2025 (Three Benches)
Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Joymalya Bagchi
Justices Pankaj Mithal and KV Viswanathan
Justices Rajesh Bindal and R Mahadevan
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