{"id":48717,"date":"2017-06-22T05:13:05","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T23:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=48717"},"modified":"2017-06-22T05:13:05","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T23:43:05","slug":"11-new-judges-3-hcs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/11-new-judges-3-hcs","title":{"rendered":"11 new judges for 3 HCs"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_47421\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47421\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/SC-Collegium.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"47421\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/will-last-say-recommendations-national-security-sc-collegium\/sc-collegium\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/SC-Collegium.jpg?fit=672%2C503&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"672,503\" 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=\"SC Collegium\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;SC Collegium&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/SC-Collegium.jpg?fit=640%2C479&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-47421 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/SC-Collegium.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"11 new judges for 3 HCs\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/SC-Collegium.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/SC-Collegium.jpg?resize=134%2C100&amp;ssl=1 134w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/SC-Collegium.jpg?w=672&amp;ssl=1 672w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47421\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">11 new judges for 3 HCs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Eleven judges to three high courts have been appointed.<\/p>\n<p>The fresh appointments &#8212; six in the Madras High Court and two each in the high courts of Chhattisgarh and Punjab and Haryana&#8211; come at a time when the government and the judiciary continue to have differences over a key document which guides nomination of judges to the Supreme Court and the 24 high courts.<\/p>\n<p>Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had recently said that appointment of judges will continue despite non finalisation of memorandum of procedure.<\/p>\n<p>As on May 1, the 24 high courts have 450 vacancies. While the sanctioned strength is 1,079, the working strength is 629 judges.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eleven judges to three high courts have been appointed. 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