HC vacancy toll to rise up to 472; Gowda vows to appoint 115 new judges

Monday, 11 January 2016 By Prachi Shrivastava Bar, Bench & Litigation

115 new high court judges could be soon appointed, as per plans expressed by union law minister DV Sadananda Gowda, reported the Express.

Gowda said that the 453 high court judge vacancies which are there in India at the moment, will increase to 472 by the end of June.

He added that he recently met and requested Chief Justice of India TS Thakur to fill up 115 of those posts, and also said that 87 new additional judges are also in his appointment plans.

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Anand Mohan 18 Jan 2016, 06:30
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The whole of 2015 has gone by without any permanent judge having been appointed to any high court. The most precarious scenario is for persons who have filed criminal appeals languishing in jails and also for persons who have been dismissed from service after conviction in Prevention of Corruption Act from trial court.They wait for high court judgement in criminal appeal before their retirement age strikes in.
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