Supreme Court Hears Three Cases Today

0 Comments Published by Kedar S. Bhatia March 24th, 2008 in Court Procedure, Supreme Court

The Supreme Court heard three cases today, two in the morning and one in the afternoon. Hearing three cases in a day was a normal occurance back in the day (80s) but has now become a rather uncommon occurrence.

This is the first time this term that the Court has heard three cases in one day, but the court held three marathon sessions during the April 2007 sitting in order to fit 15 cases into that month (8-10 is the normal monthly total.)

The Court has a tendency to pack cases at the end of the term but actually does a better job of spreading the load than I expected. Here is a month-by-month breakdown:

	OT2006	OT2007
October	9	9
November	12	10
December	10	8
January	10	12
February	7	7
March	8	12
April	15	12
Total	81	82

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