<p>New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday favoured performance evaluation of the High Court judges, emphasising it is not keen to act like a “school principal”, especially those who were unable to "deliver" on their tasks.</p><p>A bench of Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh criticised some high court judges, who were unable to "deliver" on their tasks. </p><p>“Whatever may be the reasons, good or bad, we don't know, and maybe there are some circumstances," the bench said.</p> .Supreme Court stays proceedings against Tamil Nadu minister, wife in disproportionate assets case.<p>The court said that it is essential to call for their "performance evaluation."</p><p>The court was hearing criminal appeals, where some life and death row convicts have claimed that the Jharkhand High Court has not delivered verdicts on their criminal appeals despite reserving verdicts for years. Later, the high court delivered the verdicts, and many of the convicts were acquitted. </p><p>The court said it does not favour the idea of acting like a "school principal" for the high court judges. However, there ought to be a self-management system to ensure files don't pile up on their desks, it added.</p> .<p>“Our intention is not to act as a school principal, and there should be broad guidelines so that judges should know what the task is before them and how much task they must deliver,” the court said.</p><p>The court said some judges give outstanding disposal of cases by working day and night. However, some judges, unfortunately, are unable to deliver, it added.</p><p>The court said, for example, if a judge is hearing a criminal appeal, then it is not expected of him that he would decide 50 cases in a day, and if he were to decide one criminal appeal in a day is itself a very big achievement.</p> .<p>“But in a bail matter, if a judge says I will decide only one bail matter in a day, that is something which requires introspection,” the court said.</p><p>It asserted that there is a legitimate expectation of the public at large from the judiciary.</p><p>The court asked advocate Fauzia Shakil, to file the high court data where cases were reserved, the date of pronouncements, and the date of uploading verdicts within two weeks. The bench asked senior advocate Ajit Sinha to assist in the matter.</p><p>The court said some judges have the habit of adjourning the cases unnecessarily, which is not desirable, as it could be dangerous for the image of the judges.</p>
<p>New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday favoured performance evaluation of the High Court judges, emphasising it is not keen to act like a “school principal”, especially those who were unable to "deliver" on their tasks.</p><p>A bench of Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh criticised some high court judges, who were unable to "deliver" on their tasks. </p><p>“Whatever may be the reasons, good or bad, we don't know, and maybe there are some circumstances," the bench said.</p> .Supreme Court stays proceedings against Tamil Nadu minister, wife in disproportionate assets case.<p>The court said that it is essential to call for their "performance evaluation."</p><p>The court was hearing criminal appeals, where some life and death row convicts have claimed that the Jharkhand High Court has not delivered verdicts on their criminal appeals despite reserving verdicts for years. Later, the high court delivered the verdicts, and many of the convicts were acquitted. </p><p>The court said it does not favour the idea of acting like a "school principal" for the high court judges. However, there ought to be a self-management system to ensure files don't pile up on their desks, it added.</p> .<p>“Our intention is not to act as a school principal, and there should be broad guidelines so that judges should know what the task is before them and how much task they must deliver,” the court said.</p><p>The court said some judges give outstanding disposal of cases by working day and night. However, some judges, unfortunately, are unable to deliver, it added.</p><p>The court said, for example, if a judge is hearing a criminal appeal, then it is not expected of him that he would decide 50 cases in a day, and if he were to decide one criminal appeal in a day is itself a very big achievement.</p> .<p>“But in a bail matter, if a judge says I will decide only one bail matter in a day, that is something which requires introspection,” the court said.</p><p>It asserted that there is a legitimate expectation of the public at large from the judiciary.</p><p>The court asked advocate Fauzia Shakil, to file the high court data where cases were reserved, the date of pronouncements, and the date of uploading verdicts within two weeks. The bench asked senior advocate Ajit Sinha to assist in the matter.</p><p>The court said some judges have the habit of adjourning the cases unnecessarily, which is not desirable, as it could be dangerous for the image of the judges.</p>