INCREASE IN JUDGE STRENGTH

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A seven-member committee comprising Registrar Generals of High Courts and Law Secretaries of States and Union Territories has been constituted to examine and recommend norm for creation and increasing of judge strength in district and subordinate courts keeping in view the judgement of the Supreme Court of March 21, 2002 in the case of All India Judges Association and Others Vs. Union of India and Others, directing the Centre, the States and the Union Territories to increase the number of judges from the existing 10.5 judges per million population in the country to 50 judges per million population over a period of the next five years at the rate of 10 per cent of such increase.

Meanwhile, the Centre has advised all State Governments to take necessary action to increase the judge strength as per the direction of the Supreme Court and inform the Central Government about the steps taken in this regard.