The Supreme Court indicated that it was ready to scrap the 45-day-long summer vacation, which was scheduled to start from 17 May 2020 due to COVID-19.

The Supreme Court of India (SCI) postponed the summer vacation which was supposed to start from 17 May 2020 and has rescheduled the vacation.

The Supreme Court of India (SCI) postponed the summer vacation which was supposed to start from 17 May 2020 and has rescheduled the vacation.The SCI issued a circular on 15 May 2020 about cutting down the 45 days summer vacation of the court and to continue the court procedures up to 19 June via video conferencing because of the coronavirus pandemic. The benches could define timings to work to reduce the workload on the available video-conferencing facilities. The judges could take a short break after 19 June.

The decision was taken in consideration of the request from the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) that the judges cancel the summer vacations in the interest of litigants and justice.

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