New Delhi: The Central Government informed Parliament that there is no vacancy in the Supreme Court and is functioning at its full strength ...
New Delhi: The Central Government informed Parliament that there is no vacancy in the Supreme Court and is functioning at its full strength of 34 judges.
Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal has said in the Rajya Sabha that
against the sanctioned strength of 1,114 judges in various High Courts, 757
judges are working and 357 posts are vacant.
Responding to a question relating to vacancies in constitutional courts,
the Minister said, “As of 19.07.2024, 219 proposals for appointment of Judges
received from various High Court Collegiums are at various stages of
processing. Out of these 219 proposals, 90 proposals were sent to the Supreme
Court Collegium (SCC) for seeking advice against which the SCC has provided
advice on 82 proposals which are at various stages of processing.129 fresh
proposals received recently are being processed for seeking the advice of the
SCC.”
The recommendations are yet to be received from High Court Collegiums in
respect of the remaining 138 vacancies, he added.
As per the Second Judge case and Third Judge case, the Memorandum of
Procedure (MoP) vests initiation of the proposal for the appointment of judges
in the High Courts with the Chief Justice of the concerned High Court. All the
names recommended by the High Court Collegium are sent with the views of the
government to the Supreme Court Collegium (SCC) for advice. Only those persons
are appointed as judges of High Courts, who are recommended by SCC.
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