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Ad-hoc appointments are intended to hear old pending cases; such appointments cannot be a substitute for regular appointment.
The Supreme Court has laid down guidelines for the appointment of ad-hoc judges in High Courts under Article 224A of the Constitution of India.
Article 224A enables a Chief Justice of a High Court, with the previous consent of the President, to request a former High Court judge to sit and act as a judge of the High Court to hear cases. The provision has been invoked very rarely in the judicial history of India.
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The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved orders on a plea seeking appointment of ad-hoc judges in High Courts using Article 224A of the Constitution of India.A bench headed by the Chief Justice of India.
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The Union Ministry of Law and Justice is yet to receive recommendations from High Courts for 220 vacancies of judges, the Attorney General for India KK Venugopal has told the Supreme Court.
In High Courts across the country, there are 416 vacancies out of the sanctioned strength of 1080. Recommendations for 196 names are pending at the level of either Central Government or Supreme Court Collegium.
The AG revealed this information in a statement filed before the Supreme Court in a case relating to filling up of judicial vacancies. On March 25, a bench headed by the Chief Justice of India had required the Attorney General to make a statement regarding the time needed to clear the recommendations which are pending at the level of Central Government.
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The Centre will decide within 3 months the recommendations made by the Supreme Court collegium which have been pending with the Ministry for over 6 months, the Attorney General for India told the Supreme Court on Thursday.
The AG said that a decision on these pending names will be taken and communicated to the Supreme Court collegium within a period of three months.
A bench comprising Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Surya Kant recorded this submission made by the AG in its order.
On the last hearing date, March 25, the bench had required the AG to make a statement on the time required to clear the collegium recommendations which have been pending Centre s decision.