The Apex Court has 7 vacancies, 2 High Courts are functioning without regular Chief Justices & 2 HC Chief Justices are set to retire in the next one & a half months, a Govt functionary said.
He said the Govt is awaiting recommendations from the Court Collegium to fill up the slots.
The first vacancy in the Supreme Court arose following the retirement of Justice Ranjan Gogoi in Nov 2019 as the Chief Justice of India (CJI).
A few more vacancies arose in the Top Court following the retirements of Justices Deepak Gupta, R Bhanumathi, Arun Mishra, Indu Malhotra, & SA Bobde, who demitted office as the CJI last month. Justice Mohan M Shantanagoudar died in April.
With a sanctioned strength of 34, the Court is functioning with 27 Judges at present.
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The HC's of Allahabad & Calcutta are being run by acting Chief Justices.
The Chief Justice of the High Court of Chhattisgarh will retire later this month, while the chief justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court will retire in June, the functionary pointed out.
The 25 HC's of the country have a combined sanctioned strength of 1,080 Judges, but are functioning with 660, a shortfall of 420 Judges, according to May 1 figures available on the website of the Department of Justice.
Vacancies keep arising in Courts due to retirement, resignation or elevation of Judges.
The Govt has maintained that appointment of Judges in HC's is a "continuous collaborative process" between the Executive & the Judiciary, as it requires consultation & approval from various constitutional authorities.
As per the procedure for the appointment of judges to the Supreme Court & the 25 high courts, the court collegium recommends the names of candidates to the government which, in turn, either accepts the proposal or returns it for reconsideration.
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The HC Collegiums first send their recommendations to the Law Ministry which in turn processes the files by attaching Intelligence Bureau reports & forwards it to the SC collegium. The SC collegium comprises the CJI & four senior-most judges of the Supreme Court.
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