3 Constitution benches to sit during SC summer vacation

Three Constitution benches will sit during the summer vacation of the Supreme Court to help reduce the number of pending cases, Chief Justice J S Khehar said here today.
He also requested the judges to consider sitting in courts for five days during the vacation to clear at least 10 cases each day and bring down the pendency.
"This way thousands of small matters like matrimonial disputes and mediation cases can be settled and arrears of cases brought down," Justice Khehar said in his address at the sesquicentennial celebrations of the Allahabad High Court.
"At the Supreme Court, we will set up three five-judge benches for hearing important matters like triple talaq during vacations," he said.

A Constitution bench will hear petitions challenging Muslim practices of triple talaq, nikah halala and polygamy from May 11.
Along with the triple talaq matter, the Supreme Court will also hear cases related to Aadhaar and WhatsApp during the nearly 50-day summer vacation.
This will be the first time at the court's 67-year-old history that three Constitution benches will sit during the summer break.
"We in the legal profession are at a turning point, a defining moment. We ought to make some sacrifices," the chief justice said.