Sr Adv Rakesh Dwivedi: This is about the automatic vacation of stay not just in criminal matters but also in civil matters across the board. From reading of the first judgement itself it appears that that was a case where against an interlocutory order an appeal could be filed.

Dwivedi: There was no issue of civil proceedings that arose in that...Nobody can deny that proceedings are being delayed, specifically in certain HCs like the Allahabad HC, Patna HC.

CJI: That is also what weighed with the judges. Otherwise, stay just continues for decades particularly in larger HCs.