{"id":43268,"date":"2016-06-03T16:30:22","date_gmt":"2016-06-03T11:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=43268"},"modified":"2016-06-04T04:19:38","modified_gmt":"2016-06-03T22:49:38","slug":"hc-faces-shortage-458-judges-says-latest-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hc-faces-shortage-458-judges-says-latest-data","title":{"rendered":"HC faces shortage of 458 judges, says latest data"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_37372\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37372\" style=\"width: 275px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/law.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"37372\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/government-to-soon-appoint-more-law-officers\/law-7\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/law.png?fit=275%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"275,183\" 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=\"law\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;law&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/law.png?fit=275%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-37372 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/law.png?resize=275%2C183&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"HC faces shortage of 458 judges, says latest data\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37372\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HC faces shortage of 458 judges, says latest data<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The high courts face a shortage of 458 judges, according to a latest Law Ministry data which comes at a time when the judiciary and the government are divided on various clauses of a document which will guide future appointment of members to the higher courts.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statistics, against the approved strength of 1079 judges, the 24 high courts are functioning with 621 judges &#8212; a shortfall of 458.<\/p>\n<p>The June 1 data comes just a day after the Supreme Court Collegium returned to the government the draft of the revised Memorandum of Procedure (MoP) questioning the government&#8217;s right to reject its recommendation on the ground of national interest.<\/p>\n<p>The collegium had on May 30 returned to the government the revised MoP &#8212; a document which guides appointment of judges to the Supreme Court and the 24 high courts &#8212; suggesting changes in certain clauses.<\/p>\n<p>The clause on right to reject a recommendation on national interest is contrary to the current practice where government is bound to accept a recommendation by the collegium, comprising four senior-most judges of the Supreme Court and the CJI, if it reiterates the same.<\/p>\n<p>The revised MoP further provides that once the Centre has rejected a recommendation it will not be bound to reconsider it even after reiteration by the collegium.<\/p>\n<p>The government is likely to take at least three weeks to respond to the collegium on its &#8220;observations&#8221; on the MoP, sources said.<\/p>\n<p>As per the data, the Allahabad High Court has the maximum number of 81 vacancies against the sanctioned strength of 160 judges.<\/p>\n<p>The Punjab and Haryana High Court and Madras High Court come second with 37 vacancies each, the data states.<\/p>\n<p>The data also states that seven high courts &#8212; Andhra Pradesh\/Telangana, Allahabad, Punjab and Haryana, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Patna and Rajasthan &#8212; are functioning with acting Chief Justices.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The high courts face a shortage of 458 judges, according to a latest Law Ministry data which comes at a time when the judiciary and the government are divided on various clauses of a document which will guide future appointment of members to the higher courts. 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