NEW
DELHI:
The
law
mi ist y
otified
the
appoi tme ts
of
30
judges
fo
the
high
cou ts
of
Mad as,
Calcutta,
Ka ataka
a d
MP
o
Satu day.
The
highest
umbe
of
15
judges
have
bee
appoi ted
i
the
Mad as
high
cou t,
followed
by
eight
i
the
Calcutta
high
cou t,
six
i
Ka ataka
high
cou t
a d
o e
i
MP
high
cou t.The e
a e
25
high
cou ts
i
the
cou t y;
togethe
they
had
341
vaca cies
agai st
a
sa ctio ed
st e gth
of
1,112
judges.I
the
latest
otificatio s,
of
the
30
appoi tme ts,
seve
a e
judicial
office s
who
have
bee
elevated
to
the
HC
be ches,
while
23
a e
advocates.
Some
of
them
have
bee
appoi ted
pe ma e t
judges,
while
most
othe s
have
bee
appoi ted
as
additio al
judges
fo
a
two-yea
te u e,
afte
which
they
will
be
evaluated
a d
co side ed
fo
bei g
made
a
pe ma e t
judge.
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espectful
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I
the
25
high
cou ts
ac oss
the
cou t y,
ove
60
lakh
cases
a e
pe di g,
of
which
80,000
cases
a e
pe di g
fo
ove
th ee
decades.The
law
mi iste
has
blamed
the
espective
HC
collegium
fo
ot
followi g
the
timeli e
p esc ibed
fo
i itiati g
ecomme datio s
fo
appoi tme ts
of
judges
fo
the
HCs,
the
p ima y
easo
behi d
la ge
vaca cies.
The
HC
collegium
comp ises
the
chief
justice
a d
two
se io -most
judges
of
the
HC.
