{"id":35504,"date":"2014-10-11T15:28:42","date_gmt":"2014-10-11T09:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=35504"},"modified":"2014-10-11T15:28:42","modified_gmt":"2014-10-11T09:58:42","slug":"uttar-pradesh-appoint-judges-family-courts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/uttar-pradesh-appoint-judges-family-courts","title":{"rendered":"Uttar Pradesh to appoint more judges in family courts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/famiy-court.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"35505\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/uttar-pradesh-appoint-judges-family-courts\/famiy-court\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/famiy-court.jpg?fit=200%2C251&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"200,251\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"famiy court\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/famiy-court.jpg?fit=119%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/famiy-court.jpg?fit=199%2C250&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-35505\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/famiy-court-199x250.jpg?resize=199%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"famiy court\" width=\"199\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/famiy-court.jpg?resize=199%2C250&amp;ssl=1 199w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/famiy-court.jpg?resize=119%2C150&amp;ssl=1 119w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/famiy-court.jpg?w=200&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a>The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to appoint principal judges in 23 family courts across the state, an official said here Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Principal Secretary (law) SK Pandey has issued an order in this regard, the official said, adding that Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has given his consent to the proposal after the Allahabad High Court approved the move.<\/p>\n<p>The official said Yadav directed the law department to expedite the appointment process of the judges so that the state government lives up to its commitment to bring to justice perpetrators of sexual and other crimes against women.<\/p>\n<p>The order said that judges would soon be appointed to these family courts so that these courts function to their optimum.<\/p>\n<p>The judges will be appointed in family courts at Aligarh, Azamgarh, Balrampur, Banda, Barabanki, Chitrakoot, Deoria, Faizabad, Fatehpur, Gorakhpur, Hamirpur, Kannauj, Kanpur city, Lalitpur, Allahabad, Mahoba, Moradabad, Pratapgarh, Shahjahanpur, Siddharthanagar, Shrawasti and Maharajganj.<\/p>\n<p>Judges will also be appointed in two family courts in Allahabad.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, the state government has already cleared setting up of 81 fast track courts to hear crimes against women.<\/p>\n<p>These courts will be functional very soon, the official added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to appoint principal judges in 23 family courts across the state, an official said here Saturday. Principal Secretary (law) SK Pandey has issued an order in this regard, the official said, adding that Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has given his consent to the proposal after the Allahabad High Court [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35505,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[90,20124],"tags":[30044,30043],"class_list":["post-35504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bar-bench-firm-news","category-court-judiciary-legal-system","tag-judges-in-family-courts","tag-uttar-pradesh-to-appoint-more-judges-in-family-courts"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Uttar Pradesh to appoint more judges in family courts - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Uttar Pradesh to appoint more judges in family courts\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/uttar-pradesh-appoint-judges-family-courts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Uttar Pradesh to appoint more judges in family courts - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Uttar Pradesh to appoint more judges in family courts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/uttar-pradesh-appoint-judges-family-courts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-10-11T09:58:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/famiy-court.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"251\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/uttar-pradesh-appoint-judges-family-courts#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/uttar-pradesh-appoint-judges-family-courts\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Legal India Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea\"},\"headline\":\"Uttar Pradesh to appoint more judges in family courts\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-10-11T09:58:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/uttar-pradesh-appoint-judges-family-courts\"},\"wordCount\":197,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/uttar-pradesh-appoint-judges-family-courts#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/famiy-court.jpg?fit=200%2C251&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"judges in family courts\",\"Uttar Pradesh to appoint more judges in family courts\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Bar, Bench &amp; Firm News\",\"Court, Judiciary &amp; Legal System\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/uttar-pradesh-appoint-judges-family-courts#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/uttar-pradesh-appoint-judges-family-courts\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/uttar-pradesh-appoint-judges-family-courts\",\"name\":\"Uttar Pradesh to appoint more judges in family courts - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/uttar-pradesh-appoint-judges-family-courts#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/uttar-pradesh-appoint-judges-family-courts#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/famiy-court.jpg?fit=200%2C251&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-10-11T09:58:42+00:00\",\"description\":\"Uttar Pradesh to appoint more judges in family courts\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/uttar-pradesh-appoint-judges-family-courts#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/uttar-pradesh-appoint-judges-family-courts\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/uttar-pradesh-appoint-judges-family-courts#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/famiy-court.jpg?fit=200%2C251&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/famiy-court.jpg?fit=200%2C251&ssl=1\",\"width\":200,\"height\":251},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/uttar-pradesh-appoint-judges-family-courts#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Bar, Bench &amp; Firm News\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/category\\\/bar-bench-firm-news\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Uttar Pradesh to appoint more judges in family courts\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Legal News India - Supreme Court & High Court Updates\",\"description\":\"Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates\",\"alternateName\":\"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1\",\"width\":250,\"height\":250,\"caption\":\"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/LegalindiaCom\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/Legal_india\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea\",\"name\":\"Legal India Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Legal India Admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/legaliadmin\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/legal-india-admin\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Uttar Pradesh to appoint more judges in family courts - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","description":"Uttar Pradesh to appoint more judges in family courts","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/uttar-pradesh-appoint-judges-family-courts","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Uttar Pradesh to appoint more judges in family courts - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","og_description":"Uttar Pradesh to appoint more judges in family courts","og_url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/uttar-pradesh-appoint-judges-family-courts","og_site_name":"Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","article_published_time":"2014-10-11T09:58:42+00:00","og_image":[{"width":200,"height":251,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/famiy-court.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Legal India Admin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Legal India Admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/uttar-pradesh-appoint-judges-family-courts#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/uttar-pradesh-appoint-judges-family-courts"},"author":{"name":"Legal India Admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea"},"headline":"Uttar Pradesh to appoint more judges in family courts","datePublished":"2014-10-11T09:58:42+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/uttar-pradesh-appoint-judges-family-courts"},"wordCount":197,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/uttar-pradesh-appoint-judges-family-courts#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/famiy-court.jpg?fit=200%2C251&ssl=1","keywords":["judges in family courts","Uttar Pradesh to appoint more judges in family courts"],"articleSection":["Bar, Bench &amp; Firm News","Court, Judiciary &amp; Legal System"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/uttar-pradesh-appoint-judges-family-courts#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/uttar-pradesh-appoint-judges-family-courts","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/uttar-pradesh-appoint-judges-family-courts","name":"Uttar Pradesh to appoint more judges in family courts - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/uttar-pradesh-appoint-judges-family-courts#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/uttar-pradesh-appoint-judges-family-courts#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/famiy-court.jpg?fit=200%2C251&ssl=1","datePublished":"2014-10-11T09:58:42+00:00","description":"Uttar Pradesh to appoint more judges in family courts","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/uttar-pradesh-appoint-judges-family-courts#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/uttar-pradesh-appoint-judges-family-courts"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/uttar-pradesh-appoint-judges-family-courts#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/famiy-court.jpg?fit=200%2C251&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/famiy-court.jpg?fit=200%2C251&ssl=1","width":200,"height":251},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/uttar-pradesh-appoint-judges-family-courts#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Bar, Bench &amp; Firm News","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/bar-bench-firm-news"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Uttar Pradesh to appoint more judges in family courts"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/","name":"Legal News India - Supreme Court & High Court Updates","description":"Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates","alternateName":"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","width":250,"height":250,"caption":"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Legal_india"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea","name":"Legal India Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Legal India Admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com","https:\/\/x.com\/legaliadmin"],"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/author\/legal-india-admin"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/famiy-court.jpg?fit=200%2C251&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":45512,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/govt-keen-appoint-judges-says-mop-need-expedited","url_meta":{"origin":35504,"position":0},"title":"Govt keen to appoint judges; says MoP need to be expedited too","author":"Legal India News","date":"October 29, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"On a day the Supreme Court rapped the government over delay in appointments to higher judiciary, the Centre said while it's keen to appoint new judges, there is also a need to expedite the Memorandum of Procedure (MoP) pending before the collegium for the past two months. \"The government is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;High Profile Cases&quot;","block_context":{"text":"High Profile Cases","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/high-profile-cases"},"img":{"alt_text":"Govt keen to appoint judges; says MoP need to be expedited too","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/order.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4685,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/women-judges-should-increase-balakrishnan","url_meta":{"origin":35504,"position":1},"title":"Women judges should increase: Balakrishnan","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"March 14, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0\u201cWomen\u2019s representation in the courts is minimum and their representation needs to be enhanced. Steps are being taken to appoint more and more women judges,\u201d he said, addressing the inaugural session of year-long 40th anniversary celebrations of the Himachal Pradesh High Court. Balakrishnan asked the jurists to take a lead\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":31326,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/despite-1000-fast-track-courts-32-millions-cases-still-pending","url_meta":{"origin":35504,"position":2},"title":"Despite 1,000 fast track courts, 32 millions cases still pending","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"December 24, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"India's over 1,000 fast track courts, set up for moving the wheels of justice faster, have decided more than 3.2 million cases in the past 11 years, but a whopping 32 million cases are still pending, according to available official data. Law and Justice Minister Kapil Sibal said in the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"aa","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/aa10-150x77.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":45611,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/govt-judiciary-agree-appoint-retired-judges-high-courts-tackle-pendency","url_meta":{"origin":35504,"position":3},"title":"Govt, Judiciary agree to appoint retired judges in high courts to tackle pendency","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"November 5, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"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\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Bar, Bench &amp; Firm News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Bar, Bench &amp; Firm News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/bar-bench-firm-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"retired-judges","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/retired-judges.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":39682,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/collegium-likely-to-meet-soon-on-appointing-hc-cjs","url_meta":{"origin":35504,"position":4},"title":"Collegium likely to meet soon on appointing HC CJs","author":"Legal India News","date":"November 1, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"After recommending extension of the tenure of 21 Additional Judges, the Supreme Court Collegium is likely to take a call on appointing regular Chief Justices in 8 high courts in the coming days. Sources in the know said the Collegium would meet in days to come to decide on appointing\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"Collegium likely to meet soon on appointing HC CJs","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/collegium-system.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":30752,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/uttar-pradesh-gets-new-advocate-general","url_meta":{"origin":35504,"position":5},"title":"Uttar Pradesh gets new advocate general","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"November 7, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The Uttar Pradesh government late Wednesday appointed V.C. Mishra, 83, as the new advocate general, an official said. Governor B.L. Joshi approved Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's recommendation of appointing him, and also accepted the resignation of S.P. Gupta for the post. A notification of the appointment was issued. Gupta had\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6H5Bf-9eE","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}