The Kerala District Judiciary has proposed to change the sitting time of courts, the same is currently underway.
The sitting time of courts in the District Judiciary is being prescribed under Rule 9 of the Kerala Civil Rules of Practice (which is not later than 11:00A.M. – not before 5:00 P.M.) andthat the Rule 5 of the Kerala Criminal Rules of Practice (i.e., 10:30 A.M. – 5:00 P.M.).
The Kerala High Court had issued the circular which subsequently proposed the working hours of the district judiciary as from 10:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M., with an interval of 45 minutes from 1:15 P.M. -2:00 P.M.
The court while taking note that the courts in the District Judiciary often start sitting comparatively late, and that the actual work often starts only in the afternoon session with the time in the forenoon session being taken up for roll call, the proposal to change the sitting time of the district courts so as to effectively utilise the forenoon session is being considered by the High Court.
The Kerala High Court’s Rule Committee is of the opinion of the Bar Associations of the State has thus been sought to be obtained by the Bar Council of Kerala in the said matter, which is to be informed to the High Court before 30.09.2023.
