Out of 68 names for appointment as HC judges scheduled caste The collegium is Marli Wankung, who is the current Aizawl District Judge and comes from the Scheduled Tribe community. If the government approves her appointment, she will be the first and only woman from Mizoram to be appointed as a judge. Guwahati High Court. Brigadier C Wankunga’s daughter, Marlee Wankung did LLB Delhi University And MPhil From JNU Before joining Mizoram Judicial Services.
The collegium, which included CJI Ramana and Justices UU Lalit and AM Khanwilkar, also approved three other names, including two from the ST community- Wankung from Mizoram and Vakil. K Sema From Nagaland – Recommended by the Guwahati HC by June 5, 2021, and which was received by the SC Collegium from the Law Ministry on August 16. Within 15 days, the SC Collegium approved the names of Gauhati HC.
In all, the collegium, after several days of intense deliberations, considered 113 names for appointment to the High Courts of Allahabad, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Punjab and Haryana. 68 names recommended. , Kerala, Chhattisgarh and Assam.
The importance of recommending 68 names in one go can be gauged from the characterization of this exercise, which includes examining the antecedents of the candidates in the field of consideration, their income and reputation and their suitability to hold constitutional posts.
In contrast, from January to April this year, the collegium headed by the then CJI SA Bobde and comprising Justices NV Ramana and RF Nariman in six separate meetings named only 46 persons for appointment as judges of the nine HCs. could recommend.
Of the 68 names recommended by the collegium for appointment as High Court judges, 44 are advocates and 24 are senior judicial officers of the rank of district judges. The collegium has deferred the consideration of 16 names awaiting further information on certain issues from the government or other authorities. The rest of the names were sent back to the HC Collegium for reconsideration.
About 60 lakh cases are pending in HCs, but 43% are handicapped by the vacancy in the post of judges – against the sanctioned strength of 1089 judges, there are 465 vacancies. The three-member collegium, headed by CJI Ramana, will have to work overtime to bring normalcy in the working capacity of judges in high courts in future, for which several more such recommendations for appointment as judges of the HC will be needed. may be required.
Most of the big High Courts have been plagued by huge number of vacancies for a long time, which in some cases exceeds 50%. The largest of them, the Allahabad HC, has a sanctioned strength of 160 judges, but has 68 vacancies. There are 36 vacancies in Calcutta HC with 72 sanctioned strength. As against the sanctioned strength of 94 of Bombay HC, it has 33 vacancies. The Delhi HC has more than 50% vacancies as 31 of its 60 sanctioned judges’ posts are vacant.
One of the oldest high courts in Patna has 64 per cent vacancies as 34 of the 53 sanctioned posts of judges are vacant. More than 50% posts are vacant in Rajasthan HC as 27 out of 50 posts of judges are vacant.
The collegium, which included CJI Ramana and Justices UU Lalit and AM Khanwilkar, also approved three other names, including two from the ST community- Wankung from Mizoram and Vakil. K Sema From Nagaland – Recommended by the Guwahati HC by June 5, 2021, and which was received by the SC Collegium from the Law Ministry on August 16. Within 15 days, the SC Collegium approved the names of Gauhati HC.
In all, the collegium, after several days of intense deliberations, considered 113 names for appointment to the High Courts of Allahabad, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Punjab and Haryana. 68 names recommended. , Kerala, Chhattisgarh and Assam.
The importance of recommending 68 names in one go can be gauged from the characterization of this exercise, which includes examining the antecedents of the candidates in the field of consideration, their income and reputation and their suitability to hold constitutional posts.
In contrast, from January to April this year, the collegium headed by the then CJI SA Bobde and comprising Justices NV Ramana and RF Nariman in six separate meetings named only 46 persons for appointment as judges of the nine HCs. could recommend.
Of the 68 names recommended by the collegium for appointment as High Court judges, 44 are advocates and 24 are senior judicial officers of the rank of district judges. The collegium has deferred the consideration of 16 names awaiting further information on certain issues from the government or other authorities. The rest of the names were sent back to the HC Collegium for reconsideration.
About 60 lakh cases are pending in HCs, but 43% are handicapped by the vacancy in the post of judges – against the sanctioned strength of 1089 judges, there are 465 vacancies. The three-member collegium, headed by CJI Ramana, will have to work overtime to bring normalcy in the working capacity of judges in high courts in future, for which several more such recommendations for appointment as judges of the HC will be needed. may be required.
Most of the big High Courts have been plagued by huge number of vacancies for a long time, which in some cases exceeds 50%. The largest of them, the Allahabad HC, has a sanctioned strength of 160 judges, but has 68 vacancies. There are 36 vacancies in Calcutta HC with 72 sanctioned strength. As against the sanctioned strength of 94 of Bombay HC, it has 33 vacancies. The Delhi HC has more than 50% vacancies as 31 of its 60 sanctioned judges’ posts are vacant.
One of the oldest high courts in Patna has 64 per cent vacancies as 34 of the 53 sanctioned posts of judges are vacant. More than 50% posts are vacant in Rajasthan HC as 27 out of 50 posts of judges are vacant.
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