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Supreme Court judge, Justice Surya Kant, connected Monday (September 22, 2025) highlighted the necessity of putting successful spot a “performance evaluation” mechanics for judges, with circumstantial parameters and guidelines, to gauge and steer workflow connected the Bench.
Justice Kant, who is adjacent successful enactment to beryllium the Chief Justice of India connected status of incumbent Chief Justice B.R. Gavai connected November 24, said helium was not trying to beryllium a “school principal” but underscored the worth of introspection successful each institution.
The remarks of the justice came portion proceeding a petition seeking bail successful a execution lawsuit from Jharkhand.
“There are judges who enactment time successful and time out. Their disposal complaint is outstanding. Unfortunately, determination are judges who cannot present for reasons bully oregon bad. We bash not know. That depends connected the circumstances,” Justice Kant noted
The justice pointed retired the disposal complaint for transgression appeals were antithetic from bail cases. Disposing 1 transgression entreaty a time aft extended proceeding cannot beryllium utilized arsenic a parameter for deciding connected bail pleas.
“Judges indispensable cognize what is the task earlier them and indispensable deliver. This is the morganatic anticipation of the nationalist astatine large,” Justice Kant said.
Justice Kant said each jurist indispensable self-evaluate. Cases cannot beryllium allowed to heap up. Adjournments cannot beryllium a solution. Constant adjournments were demoralising, and adjacent dangerous. He obliquely referred to judges whose names became synonymous with adjournments.
The elder Supreme Court judge’s remarks travel astatine a clip erstwhile the judiciary is burdened with a dense workload and precocious pendency. The apex tribunal pendency is presently a small implicit 88,000.
