New Delhi: If children can go to school at 7 am, why can't judges and lawyers start their work at 9 am? This was stated by Supreme Court Judge UU Lalit. He made the remarks after he began a premature hearing in the apex court on Friday. In fact, usually, the Supreme Court bench assembles at 10.30 am and after that, the hearing of the cases starts, which continues till 4 pm. In the meantime, there is a lunch break between one and two o'clock.

However, contrary to this practice, Justice Lalit started hearing the case at 9.30 pm on Friday. His bench also includes Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Sudhanshu Dhulia. Former Attorney General of the country and eminent lawyer Mukul Rohatgi, who appeared in a bail case, praised the bench for initiating the proceedings before the scheduled time and said, "I would like to say that this is the time more appropriate to start the court proceedings." To this, Justice Lalit replied, "I have always been of the view that the proceedings of the court should start soon. Ideally, we should start action from 9 am. When children can go to school at 7 am in the morning, why can't we start work at 9 am.''

Justice Lalit is scheduled to become the Chief Justice of India (CJI) in August this year. After the retirement of Chief Justice N V Ramana, he will be the Chief Justice from August 27 to November 8. He said the supreme court bench should start at 9 am and there should be a half-hour break at 11.30 pm. He further said that after this, the hearing should start at 12 o'clock and be heard by two o'clock. This will give more time in the evening for fresh cases and cases that require lengthy hearings.

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