The Supreme Court of India(SCI)on Friday Oct 28,2016 rapped the NDA Govt for not appointing judges to various High Courts despite recommendations made by Collegium in this regard.
"There should not be a deadlock in appointment of judges. You ( NDA Govt)
cannot bring the institution to a grinding halt," the apex court said.
The SCI pulled up the NDA Govt saying,
"You have committed that process of appointment will continue without
finalisation of Memorandum of Procedure. Finalisation of MoP has nothing
to do with the ongoing appointment process in judiciary."
The SCI is particularly peeved at the pendency of 35 appointments it had cleared for the Allahabad HC - the first batch of eight on January 28 and the second for appointment of 27 judges in August - both are yet to be notified.
The Allahabad HC is functioning with less than 50 per cent of its strength with just 77 judges against the approved strength of 160.
These appointments assume significance considering that the country's
largest High Court accounts for about 25 per cent of nearly 40 lakh
cases pending in all 24 High Courts and would have helped bring down vacancies from a high of 83 to 48, improving the bench strength to 112.
Annoyed by the inordinate delay in notifying appointments, Chief
Justice of India TS Thakur had during the last hearing warned the
government of passing an order and "fastening accountability" if the
logjam continued which, he said, stifled judicial work
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