Kerala High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition seeking to reduce the vacations of courts.
Dismissing a PIL by one Geroge of Ernakulam, a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice J Chalemeswar and Justice K Balakrishnan said whether working days of high courts should be increased or vacations reduced are all matters of policy, which had to be considered by authority including, the Centre, Supreme Court and the high courts.
The bench also said that by exercising constitutional powers, the court cannot issue directions to the rule making authority to frame or amend rules.
According to the petitioner, accumulation of arrears of cases is due to reduced working days and long vacation besides other issues.