Supreme Court of India

Lok Prahari through its General Secretary S.N. Shukla Ias (retd.) v. Union of India & Ors.

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Reported as [2021] 3 S.C.R. 317
Bench S. A. Bobde, Sanja Y Kishan Kaul and Surya Kant JJ.
Decided 20 April 2021

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the Divi sion Bench, at present, may be constituted only of ad hoc Judges bec ause these are old cases which need to be taken up by them.

Judgment, page 33

From the headnote

Constitution of India: Art. 224A – Appointment of retired judges at sittings o f High Courts – Pendency of 57 lakhs cases in the High Co urts along with consistent ratio of vacancies of almost 40 per cent – Held: Recourse to Art. 224A by appointment of ad hoc judges needed – I t would provide a ready-made pool of known judicial ta lent to deal with the disposal of pending old cases – Certain checks and balanc es to be provided for resorting to Art. 224A – Guidelines on aspects such as, the trigger point to activate the provision, sugges tion of an embargo situation, pre-recommendation

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