APPOINTMENT OF CHIEF JUSTICES TO
HIGH COURTS
LOK SABHA
A view has been expressed
that the policy of having the Chief Justice of High Court from
outside the State had been counter-productive and the Chief Justice
should normally not be appointed from outside the State.
The Government is
opposed to restoring the earlier practice of appointing the seniormost
judge of a High Court as its Chief Justice. There is no such proposal
at present.
This information was
given by the Union Minister of Law and Justice Shri K. Jana Krishnamurthi
in a written reply to a question from Shri Suresh Kurup in the
Lok Sabha today.
