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Govt Versus Judiciary: CJI Says Large Number Of Proposals Pending, 500 Posts Vacant; Govt Says It Disagrees
Swarajya Staff
Nov 27, 2016, 10:00 AM | Updated 10:00 AM IST
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Chief Justice of India T.S. Thakur on Saturday expressed concern over non-filling of vacancies in various courts, saying around 500 posts of High Court judges were lying vacant. The government, however, said that 120 appointments have been made this year.
"Around 500 vacancies in the High Courts today. Five hundred High Court judges should be working today, but they are not. A large number of proposals are still pending and hope the government will intervene to end this crisis," Justice Thakur said at the All India Conference of Central Administrative Tribunal.
Law and Justice Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, however, said the Centre had made 120 appointments this year. “We have the highest regard for the CJI but we respectfully disagree with him. This year, we have made appointments of 120 judges (the second highest up to 2013)," Prasad said.
"Since 1990, there have been only 80 appointments. There are 5,000 vacancies in the lower judiciary, in which the Centre has no role to play. That is something only for the judiciary to take (care of)," said the minister.
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