Appointment of HC judge must be made in 6 months of HC, SC collegium recommendation: SC
(WorldNews India)

NEW DELHI: Taking a grim view of 410 vacancies of judges in high courts, as against the sanctioned strength of 1,079, the Supreme Court has ordered that these appointments must be made within six months of a person's name being cleared by the collegiums and the government. "In cases where the recommendations of the High Court collegium meets with the approval of the Supreme Court collegium and the Government, at least their appointments must take place within six months," a bench of Justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph said in its December 6 order. "The all India figures showed that...