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Pradeep Kumar

09/04/21 11:20 AM IST

No ad hoc judges in place of regular recommendations

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The Central Government told the Supreme Court that the appointment of additional judges on ad-hoc basis in High Courts under Article 224A.

Major aspects discussed by the bench
  • What should be the trigger point which activates the process of appointment of judges under Article 224A?
  • What should be the level of pendency at which this process should be initiated?
  • Whether the pendency must be determined branch wise or generally?
  • What could be the uniform criteria to determine the number of ad-hoc judges at
  • High Courts and their tenure?
  • Whether the process of selection judges under Article 224A should undergo the same process of appointment for regular judges, involving the collegiums at High Courts and Supreme Court, the State Executive and the Union Law Ministry?
  • What should be the allowances for such judges under Article 224A?
Source: The Hindu

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