India, April 13 -- Supreme Court judge Justice Aravind Kumar urged young lawyers to work longer hours instead of taking weekends off to relax. He said that people starting out in law should be wedded to their profession, citing his own early days at the Bar.

"You should be wedded to your profession and only when you dedicate yourself to what you are doing, the results will be encouraging," said Justice Kumar, according to a report in Bar and Bench.

"I appeal to all the youngsters, taking off once. This is what I have seen in especially Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata. Sundays not working, Saturday evening taking off. In Bangalore, we had no holidays," he said.

Speaking at the 5th Edition of the ICA International Conference, the Supreme Court...