{"id":40205,"date":"2015-12-02T22:00:15","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T16:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=40205"},"modified":"2015-12-03T04:03:54","modified_gmt":"2015-12-02T22:33:54","slug":"selecting-judges-now-tougher-cji-designate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/selecting-judges-now-tougher-cji-designate","title":{"rendered":"Selecting judges now tougher: CJI-designate"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_38772\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38772\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/NCDRC.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"38772\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ncdrc-slaps-rs-1-lakh-cost-on-godrej-dismisses-plea\/ncdrc-3\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/NCDRC.jpg?fit=420%2C239&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"420,239\" 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=\"NCDRC\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;MCD employees&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/NCDRC.jpg?fit=420%2C239&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-38772 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/NCDRC.jpg?resize=300%2C171&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Selecting judges now tougher: CJI-designate\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/NCDRC.jpg?resize=300%2C171&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/NCDRC.jpg?w=420&amp;ssl=1 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38772\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Selecting judges now tougher: CJI-designate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Chief Justice of India designate Justice T S Thakur today stressed on the need to fill up vacancies in courts across the country saying striking down of the recent constitutional amendment on judges appointment has made the selection task &#8220;much more difficult&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Referring to the 400 vacant positions in high courts and many more in district courts across the country as a major issue, Thakur said, &#8220;To find 400 people worthy of being elevated to this position is not an easy task.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Chief justices and judges of the Supreme Court, while selecting people for elevation, must go strictly by the beats of their conscience rather than any consideration,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the legal fraternity at a function organised to bid farewell to outgoing CJI H L Dattu, Thakur said judiciary faces its toughest challenges today as people feel it has claimed to itself the power to appoint judges but has to come up to expectations of the people so that they do not feel disappointed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This institution is facing its greatest challenge in recent times. Never before in our history has the institution faced challenges like the ones we are confronted with today.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Striking down of the constitutional amendment that aimed at reforming the system has been commented upon differently at different stages. The fallout of the judgement is that it has made the job of superior courts in the country much more onerous and difficult,&#8221; Justice Thakur, who will take over as the 43rd Chief Justice of India tomorrow, said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think in times to come, one of the challenges that we will have is how to live up to the expectations of the people in this country in terms of making the process of appointment of judges which has always attracted all types of criticisms on account of absence of so-called transparency, so-called absence of objectivity and so on. We need to work together and find solutions for it,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chief Justice of India designate Justice T S Thakur today stressed on the need to fill up vacancies in courts across the country saying striking down of the recent constitutional amendment on judges appointment has made the selection task &#8220;much more difficult&#8221;. 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