# Supreme Court declares August 27 holiday, August 22 working day 2026-08-16T17:02:35+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets The Supreme Court has declared August 27, 2026 (Thursday) a holiday for itself and its Registry, following a request from the Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association (SCAORA). The decision was approved by the Full Court, according to a circular issued by the Court's Administrative General Branch on August 14. In exchange, August 22, 2026 (Saturday) will be a full working day, with Registry offices open until 5 pm. The additional holiday falls between two existing holidays: August 26 is Milad-un-Nabi and August 28 is Raksha Bandhan. LiveLaw reports that this arrangement gives the Court a three-day break from August 26 to 28, while requiring the Court and Registry to compensate by working on the preceding Saturday. NDTV Profit notes that the change affects a key date in August, though it does not specify which facilities or services outside the Court will be affected. ## Coverage - livelaw.in - ndtvprofit.com This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-08-17T05:02:12+00:00. Tags: SCAORA, Supreme Court of India Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/supreme-court-declares-august-27-holiday-august-22-working-day/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/supreme-court-declares-august-27-holiday-august-22-working-day/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/