New Delhi, Sep 24 (PTI) Supreme Court judge Surya Kant on Wednesday said he won't order urgent listing of a case on the same day unless someone is about to be hanged and asked whether anyone understands the "plight of judges", their hours of work and how much sleep they get.

Justice Kant was heading a bench, also comprising Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and N Kotiswar Singh, which was hearing the mentioning of cases for urgent listing.

As master of the roster, Chief Justice B R Gavai normally hears such mentioning. However, he is sitting on a five-judge constitution bench. As a matter of practice, the second most senior judge hears the mentioning of cases if the CJI is preoccupied with some constitutional bench matter or is indisposed.

Justice Kant's remarks came when an advocate, Shobha Gupta,

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