New Delhi (21.04.2021): The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the deck for the appointment of former judges as ‘ad-hoc judges’ to clear the huge judicial backlog. Under the provisions of Article 224A of the Constitution, the SC bench headed by CJI SA Bobde laid down guidelines for the appointment of ad hoc judges in high courts to deal with judicial pendency of specific categories of cases. Those appointed as ad-hoc judge would get emoluments, allowances on a par with a permanent judge of that court minus pension. Their tenure may vary on the basis of the need but generally it should be for two to three years. The SC asked the Union Law Ministry to act in tandem with high courts and submit a progress report to it in four months. The order came on a PIL filed by ‘Lok Prahari’ seeking appointment of ad-hoc judges to clear pendency of cases.
SC paves way for appointment of ad-hoc judges in HCs
By IndianMandarins - 2021-04-21 08:00:00
New Delhi (21.04.2021): The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the deck for the appointment of former judges as ‘ad-hoc judges’ to clear the huge judicial backlog.
Under the provisions of Article 224A of the Constitution, the SC bench headed by CJI SA Bobde laid down guidelines for the appointment of ad hoc judges in high courts to deal with judicial pendency of specific categories of cases.
Those appointed as ad-hoc judge would get emoluments, allowances on a par with a permanent judge of that court minus pension. Their tenure may vary on the basis of the need but generally it should be for two to three years.
The SC asked the Union Law Ministry to act in tandem with high courts and submit a progress report to it in four months.
The order came on a PIL filed by ‘Lok Prahari’ seeking appointment of ad-hoc judges to clear pendency of cases.
