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Centre appoints judges to four high courts
The Union government on Friday notified the appointment of 15 judges and additional judges to the Madras High Court, nine additional judges to the Calcutta High Court, six additional judges to the…
The Story in Brief
The Union government on Friday notified the appointment of 15 judges and additional judges to the Madras High Court, nine additional judges to the Calcutta High Court, six additional judges to the Karnataka High Court, and one additional judge to the Madhya Pradesh High Court. Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal announced the appointments on X, stating they were made on the recommendation of the Supreme Court Collegium. The Calcutta appointments follow meetings held on May 11 and 12, while the Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh appointments were recommended on June 2.
For the Madras High Court, five advocates were appointed as judges and ten others, three advocates and seven judicial officers, as additional judges. The Calcutta High Court now has nine additional judges, including Indranil Roy, Aryak Dutt, Atarup Banerjee, Sandip Kumar De, Partha Pratim Roy, Sudip Deb, Anuj Singh, Arjun Ray Mukherjee, and Rishad Medora. The Karnataka High Court's working strength rises to 54 judges against a sanctioned 62. The Madhya Pradesh High Court's working strength stands at 40 judges against a sanctioned 53.
The Indian Opinion
The recent judicial appointments, covering four high courts, have been framed in some quarters as a fillip to judicial infrastructure. But the real story is about numbers that still lag. The Karnataka High Court, for instance, will now have 54 judges against a sanctioned strength of 62. The Madhya Pradesh High Court has 40 judges against a sanctioned 53. The question is not whether these additions are welcome, they are. The question is whether the pace of appointment will ever close the gap, or will it remain a perennial deficit dressed up as a milestone.
Sources (4): livelaw.in, livelaw.in (2), barandbench.com, barandbench.com (2)
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Updated: this story now draws on 4 sources.
