Guwahati High Court appoints contract judges to handle backlog

Bar&Bench News Network

Aug 24, 2009

The Guwahati High Court has appointed six judges on a 2-year contract to handle the backlog of cases in the north east. These judges have been selected from amongst lawyers with atleast three years practice (the minimum qualification to write the judicial services exam) and will be given six months training prior to taking up the appointment.

The Guwahati High Court has jurisdiction over seven north east states, and six permanent benches apart from its main seat in Guwahati. As of December 2008, there were 3,75,434 pending civil and criminal cases in the High Court, its six outlying benches and the subordinate courts. The Agartala Bench and the subordinate courts in Tripura account for 42,347 of these pending cases- one the main reasons why the Bar Association of Tripura observed a strike today demanding a separate High Court for Tripura.

 

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Comments(4)
  • 1. ""Guwahati High court stepped a new way.3 years standing is not proper.minimem 5 years in criminalside and 10 years in civilside experience for contract judges is best.otherwise the purpose of contract judges(reducing pendency) may not meet sucesfully...Srinivasrav Kandaala.". Srinivasrav Kandaala, Andhrapradesh
  • 2. "Appointment of a Judge as a contract judge for a specific period is wholly against independence of judiciary and unconstitutional. A contract judge cannot be supposed to discharge his duty fairly and freely without fear. The full strength of existing judges must be appointed. If the full strength of judges are unable to cope with the current institutions then additional judges can be appointed as per the clause (1) of Aricle 224 of the Constitution of Bharat. S.P. Gupta' case also speak that when there is vacancy in the post of permanent Judge, it must be filled up before any Additional Judge can be appointed. ". Anoop Baranwal, Advoacte Allahabad High Court; Editor- Voice Of Law And Justice, Allahabad
  • 3. "Hon'ble Mr. Justice Madan B. Lokur is the CJ of Guwahati High Court. He is known for his proactive ideas and zeal for judicial reforms at every level. He is a different kind of administrator. May be this is also his brainchild. Not sure whether such a move would have any legal sancity or will be a step towards encouraging corruption as High Court would not be in a position to monitor/have proper vigilance over these judicial officers because they have nothing to loose and everything to gain. May be it is a step to "accommodate" a chosen few as was alleged to have been done in case of selection of higher judicial service officers in Delhi Judiciary in the last selection process.". Yours Faithfully, Delhi High Court, New Delhi
  • 4. " The public which visits GHC suffer from a trust-deficiency. It is very much openly expressed by considering the court not interested in imparting justice to the common man. This feeling must be soon removed. Some form of accountability must be enforced not only on the Hon'ble Justices but on different court employees and on the Bar in general. What about introducing a possible form of RTI or something else to win over the confidence of the public.". Muttumana, Guwahati, Assam, India
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