CJI Ranjan Gogoi cancels leave on working day

Guwahati, October 12, 2018:

The Chief Justice of India (CJI), Ranjan Gogoi on Friday banned the leaves for the judges of the Supreme Court on working days.

According to reports, Gogoi has also issued an official letter to the SC judges and prevented them from availing Leave Travel Concession (LTC) during the working days.

The CJI has also directed the High Court chief justices to take measures to fill the large number of vacancies to solve the problem. In high courts, the pendency level is much higher with around 43 lakh pending cases.

The CJI asked the high court chief justices not to “hesitate in withdrawing judicial work from judges who are under a cloud.”