Justice Kurian Joseph, SC Judge, on Friday,
urged the government not to delay appointment of judges of the apex court and
High Courts, and raise the retirement age of judges to 70. Justice Joseph told a ‘Conference on National Initiative to Reduce
Pendency and Delay in Judicial System’. Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra
and Justice Ranjan Gogoi also shared their views on remedying judicial arrears.  Justice Joseph said “One request to
the government: government must avoid delay in making appointments,â€. The remarks come at a time when the SC and Govt have been in a standoff over the elevation of Uttarakhand Chief Justice K M Joseph to the Apex Court; a recommendation which the SC Collegium had first made on January 10 this year.  Further he added that “once the HC Collegium sends names to
the government, there should not be (delay of) more than three months†and in
the case of the SC, it should not be delayed beyond two weeks.  On the retirement age, Justice Kurian said: “(I) request government to
increase retirement age of judges… both High Court and Supreme Court should be
raised to 70.† While making the statement Justice Kurian made it clear that he did not want to be in service beyond
the age of 65. He denied the possibility of him taking up any post-retirement
assignment. His retirement is due in November this year.  Justice Joseph said he was willing to help with alternate dispute
resolution measures. He further added that the Constitution enables appointment
of ad-hoc judges and this should be explored. He pointed out that this
provision was seldom used in the past. Â Â 
It may be underlined that currently, the retirement age of HC judges is
62 and that of SC judges is 65.
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Raise retirement age to 70; Justice Kurian
By IndianMandarins - 2018-07-28 11:37:49
Justice Kurian Joseph, SC Judge, on Friday, urged the government not to delay appointment of judges of the apex court and High Courts, and raise the retirement age of judges to 70. Justice Joseph told a ‘Conference on National Initiative to Reduce Pendency and Delay in Judicial System’. Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and Justice Ranjan Gogoi also shared their views on remedying judicial arrears.
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Justice Joseph said “One request to the government: government must avoid delay in making appointments,â€.
The remarks come at a time when the SC and Govt have been in a standoff over the elevation of Uttarakhand Chief Justice K M Joseph to the Apex Court; a recommendation which the SC Collegium had first made on January 10 this year.
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Further he added that “once the HC Collegium sends names to the government, there should not be (delay of) more than three months†and in the case of the SC, it should not be delayed beyond two weeks.
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On the retirement age, Justice Kurian said: “(I) request government to increase retirement age of judges… both High Court and Supreme Court should be raised to 70.â€
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While making the statement Justice Kurian made it clear that he did not want to be in service beyond the age of 65. He denied the possibility of him taking up any post-retirement assignment. His retirement is due in November this year.Â
It may be underlined that currently, the retirement age of HC judges is
62 and that of SC judges is 65.
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Justice Joseph said he was willing to help with alternate dispute resolution measures. He further added that the Constitution enables appointment of ad-hoc judges and this should be explored. He pointed out that this provision was seldom used in the past.
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