Some High Court judges are not able to do their work properly. Now the time has come to create a Performance Evolutionary System for the judges as well. This comment was made by the Supreme Court Judge Justice Suryakant. Justice Suryakant said this in the courtroom on 22 September 2025. Justice believes that such parameters and guidelines should be fixed so that the work of the judges can be tested. Now the judges of the High Court tell you why the High Court has been reprimanded by the Supreme Court?
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What is the whole matter
The bench of Justice Suryakant and Justice N. Kotishwar Singh was hearing on that delay of the Jharkhand High Court. In which the decision of the criminal appeal was reserved for about three years and after that it was recited. Hearing the case, a bench of Justices Suryakant and Justice Kotishwar Singh said that we do not want to work like a school principal for the High Court judges, but there should be a self-management system to ensure that the file does not pile up the file on their table. He said that there are also judges who work day and night and are resolving matters, but at the same time there are some judges who are unfortunately unable to complete the work – Reasons no matter what Hosh Justice Suryakant made every case to be weighed in the same scales. The reason whether good or bad, we do not know and some situations can also happen. Suppose a judge is hearing a criminal appeal, so we do not expect him to decide on 50 cases a day and decide on a criminal appeal in a day is a very big achievement in itself. But in the bail case, if a judge says that I will decide only a bail petition in a day, then it is a matter that requires introspection. The general public has high expectations from the judiciary.
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No solution to postpone hearing
The Supreme Court also reminded that Rati Lal Javed Bhai Parman Versage State of Gujarat case clearly stated that if the court only narrates the operative part, then the entire judgment should be uploaded within 5 days. Yes, if there is a practical problem, the Supreme Court can extend this timeline for 10-15 days, but not more than that. He also warned that postponing the hearing through repeated adjournment is neither a solution nor a healthy way. This increases pendency. The parties of the case are discouraged and sometimes the situation becomes dangerous. Even he also taunted that the names of some judges are being identified from the adjournment.
Status report of decisions of various high courts presented
The bench made this comment on some criminal appeals. Some of the convicts, who were sentenced to life imprisonment and death penalty, had approached the Supreme Court, alleging that the Jharkhand High Court did not pronounce the verdict on their criminal appeals, despite reserting the verdict for years. However, the High Court later ruled in his case and acquitted several convicts. Lawyer Fauzia Shakeel, who appeared in the case, presented a chart on the position of decisions given by various High Courts and emphasized that some High Courts have not provided data in the prescribed format.