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Centre appoints 39 judges to Madras, Calcutta, Karnataka, MP High Courts
Centre appoints 39 judges to Madras, Calcutta, Karnataka, MP High Courts
The Centre on Friday notified appointments of 39 judges and additional judges to the Madras, Calcutta, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh High Courts. For Madras, five advocates were appointed judges and three advocates…
The Story in Brief
The Centre on Friday notified appointments of 39 judges and additional judges to the Madras, Calcutta, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh High Courts. For Madras, five advocates were appointed judges and three advocates plus seven judicial officers were appointed additional judges, livelaw.in reported. Calcutta High Court got eight advocates as judges in one notification and nine advocates as additional judges in another, the latter recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium in May.
Calcutta High Court had 30 vacancies as of May 1. Karnataka High Court received six advocates as judges, and Madhya Pradesh High Court got one. The appointments were announced by Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal.
The Indian Opinion
Critics often accuse the government of delaying judicial appointments, but the bulk notification of 39 judges across four High Courts shows movement. The real test is not the number of appointments but how quickly they are sworn in and begin reducing pendency. The question is: will the backlog in these courts shrink noticeably in the next six months?
Sources (2): livelaw.in, livelaw.in (2)
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