The Supreme Court received 3,688 requests for adjournment from lawyers between September 1 and November 3 as soon as the cases were listed for hearing, compelling Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud to announce in open courtroom on Friday that he does not head a ‘tareekh-pe-tareekh court’.
The Chief Justice said the adjournment slips were circulated the moment the cases were listed following urgent mentioning by lawyers for early hearing.
Fresh cases are listed and heard on Mondays and Fridays, which are coined ‘miscellaneous days’, every week. The Chief Justice said an average of 154 adjournment letters were circulated every one of these two days since September.
