PRAYAGRAJ, Feb. 8 -- The Allahabad High Court Bar Association (HCBA) has written to various bar associations across India, urging collective opposition to the proposal to make high courts function on two Saturdays every month.

In a letter, the HCBA flagged concerns over the impact of additional working days on lawyers, judges and court staff. They also questioned the assumption that longer court hours would automatically reduce case backlogs.

"Opening of courts on two Saturdays in a month needs to be resisted since it may appear to superficially attractive and appealing to the uninitiated but, eventually, it would affect the quality and quantity of justice while putting the legal fraternity, judicial fraternity and staff concerned to ph...