A Bombay High Court judge recently cited his ‘workload’ which delayed the uploading of a judgment that he dictated in open court in December last year.
Justice Madhav Jamdar had dictated an 85-page judgment in open court on December 19, 2024 in a case arising out of the Transfer of Property Act, wherein he held that a purchaser is bound by the decree of specific performance during the pendency of a suit.
Though the judgment was dictated on December 19, 2024, a copy of it was made available (uploaded on HC website) only on May 30.
For this nearly six months delay in uploading the judgment copy, Justice Jamdar in his order itself, recorded how he sits beyond the working hours, and leaves his chamber by 11:30 PM regularly and even does not rest on holidays, to ensure that he completes his work. He has further highlighted how his work schedule starts from early morning and he keeps doing some or the other judicial work up till 2:00 AM, daily.
“As I am conducting the Court at least for 2 to 2 and a half hours almost every day after regular Court hours, leaving the Chamber after correcting or signing daily orders after 10:30 PM – 11:30 PM on almost all the Court working days and reading the case papers at my residence up to 02:00 AM, reading the case papers in the morning at least for one hour and also attending the Chamber on almost all Saturdays/Sundays/Holidays for completing pending work, uploading of this order is delayed,” the judge stated.
