26.5.16

Centre rejects CJI's claim

The Centre has virtually rejected Chief Justice of India T S Thakur's claim that 40,000 more judges were needed to obliterate over three crore pending cases by saying that his estimates were not backed by any scientific research or data.
Referring to 1987 Law Commission report suggesting increase in judges' strength, the CJI had on May 8 said the judiciary needed an additional 40,000 Judges to erase the mounting pendency . Law minister V Sadananda Gowda, however, said the Commission's report was based just on the opinion of experts.
At present, India has 10.5 judges per million , one of the lowest in the world. The Law Commission had in 1987 recommended that there should be 40 judges per million population. In 2014, the Commission suggested it should be 50 judges per million. At present, the total sanctioned strength of judges is 21,598, including 20,502 trial court judges, 1,065 HC judges and 31SC judges.
Refuting the allegation that the Centre was delaying the appointment process, the minister said names of four persons for appointment as judges of the SC were cleared within six days. He said the Centre was processing names of 170 judges for appointment in HCs and would soon be cleared.



No comments: