Govt receives names of 18 ex-judges for HC posting

December 01, 2016 17:42

The government has received names of 18 former judges for appointment in four high courts, days after the executive and the judiciary agreed to invoke an extraordinary provision of the Constitution to post retired judges to fight rising pendency.

The 18 names have been received from the high courts of Andhra Pradesh/Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Allahabad and Calcutta.

The names are under process, highly-placed sources said. An extraordinary provision of the Constitution can now be invoked to appoint retired judges with proven integrity and track record as judges of high courts to tackle rising pendency, the government and the judiciary have agreed.

As per the minutes of the meeting of the chief ministers-chief justices conference held in April, approved after a gap of nearly six months, it has been resolved that "subject to integrity, suitability and performance of a person who has held the office as a judge of the high court, the provisions of Article 224 A can be invoked to deal with the extraordinary situation involving the large pendency of civil and criminal cases in the high courts..."

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