A senior Supreme Court judge has cancelled his trip to the Caribbean, setting a personal example after Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi asked that high court judges not take leave during working days. Sources said that Justice Gogoi had, during a video-conference with high court chief justices a week ago, said that high court judges should not take leave on working days. Justice Ramana is currently the sixth senior-most judge in the Supreme Court and is to become the Chief Justice of India on April 24, 2021. Justice Gogoi had asked the high court collegiums to speed up the nomination of new high court judges, citing the 400-odd vacancies countrywide against a sanctioned strength of 1,079. Justice Gogoi has also decided that a minimum of 10 criminal matters would be listed before at least five Supreme Court benches for early disposal every Wednesday and Thursday.

Source: The Telegraph October 15, 2018 21:00 UTC