On Tuesday, the Supreme Court raised concerns about the reasoning behind scheduling transfer petitions before the top court's vacation benches.

During its summer break, the Supreme Court operates with only three vacation benches to hear cases. Typically, only those cases requiring urgent orders or relief are listed before these vacation benches.

As a result, a vacation bench comprising Justices PS Narasimha and Sanjay Karol expressed frustration when a transfer plea was brought before them. The plea involved a company's request to transfer a case from Noida to Chennai.

When informed that the transfer petition was appearing before the Court for the first time, Justice Narasimha orally remarked,

"Transfer petitions are listed before a vacation court? I don't understand what is the urgency here in these. There are so many other cases."

A total of 18 transfer petitions were listed on Tuesday before the vacation bench led by Justice Narasimha. The bench made similar observations when an 'after-notice' matter came up for hearing.

When the advocate for the petitioner informed the bench that he had yet to file his vakalatnama in the matter, Justice Narasimha questioned why such cases were being listed before the vacation bench.