Judges do not have personal life, says Justice N V Ramana

Judges do not have "personal life", a Supreme Court judge presiding over a bench hearing Kashmir related matters said on Thursday.

"As judges, we do not have a personal life. My brother (one of the members of the bench) had a family function today but I requested him to come and he has come for the hearing," said Justice N V Ramana, who was heading a bench along with justices R Subhash Reddy and B R Gavai.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who was appearing in the matter for the Jammu and Kashmir administration, told the bench that judges must have a personal life too.

The bench was hearing a batch of petitions which have raised several issues, ranging from communication restrictions to alleged detention of minors in Kashmir following abrogation of provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution.

The Supreme Court has been recently seized of various vexatious issues such as -- the Ayodhya land dispute case, the challenge to abrogation of Provisions of Article 370, and a batch of pleas questioning the validity of the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act.

A 5-judge Constitution bench, headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, had recently concluded the marathon, 40-day long, hearing in the politically sensitive Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute case of Ayodhya.

Similarly, another 5-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra is presently seized of several matters, including the one related to challenge to the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act.