New Delhi : Names of new Chief Justices of 13 High Courts will be out soon. Chief Justice N V Ramana on Saturday said the government has given assurance that the names recommended by Supreme Court Collegium a fortnight ago for appointment as new chief justices of 13 High Courts would be cleared in one or two days. He also emphasized that speedy appointment of judges could help ease the burden of pending work.
At the launch of pan-India legal awareness campaign at Vigyan Bhawan, Justice Ramana said that they have recommended 106 names. He said “Since May onwards, we have recommended 106 persons for appointment as judges and eight for appointment as chief justices of various HCs. The government has cleared some. The law minister said the rest of the recommendations would be cleared within a short time, within one or two days.”
If the CJI was making a mild grievance about delay in appointment of judges, Union law minister Kiran Rijiju presented the government’s grievance about delayed disposal of commercial disputes hurting the investors confidence and increasing the litigation cost.
Outlining the NDA government’s focus on ease of doing business for overall prosperity of the society, the law minister said the enactment of Commercial Courts Act, 2015 was a step towards creating a sound atmosphere for smooth resolution of commercial disputes.
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