{"id":33993,"date":"2014-07-03T11:49:53","date_gmt":"2014-07-03T06:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=33993"},"modified":"2014-07-03T11:49:53","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T06:19:53","slug":"365-days-working-judges-supermen-jt-katju","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/365-days-working-judges-supermen-jt-katju","title":{"rendered":"365 days working &#8211; Judges not supermen: Jt Katju"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/365-days-working-judges-supermen-jt-katju\/justice-7\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-33994\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"33994\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/365-days-working-judges-supermen-jt-katju\/justice-7\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/justice.jpg?fit=289%2C175&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"289,175\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"justice\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/justice.jpg?fit=150%2C90&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/justice.jpg?fit=289%2C175&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright wp-image-33994 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/justice.jpg?resize=248%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"justice\" width=\"248\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/justice.jpg?w=289&amp;ssl=1 289w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/justice.jpg?resize=150%2C90&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/><\/a>Judges are not &#8220;supermen&#8221; and they also require some rest, was how a former Supreme Court judge expressed his disapproval to Chief Justice of India R M Lodha&#8217;s suggestion of making courts function all round the year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Chief Justice of India has said that Courts should remain open 365 days in a year.<\/p>\n<p>(Source: PTI)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Judges are not &#8220;supermen&#8221; and they also require some rest, was how a former Supreme Court judge expressed his disapproval to Chief Justice of India R M Lodha&#8217;s suggestion of making courts function all round the year. &#8220;The Chief Justice of India has said that Courts should remain open 365 days in a year. 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