FILLING VACANCIES OF JUDGES IN HIGH COURTS

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The Government in its letter of March 15, 2002, has requested the Chief Justices of High Courts, Chief Ministers and Governors of States to make recommendation for filling up the existing as well as anticipated vacancies of Judges in the High Courts expeditiously. As on May 2, 2002, against the approved judge strength of 647 (including 43 new posts) of the High Courts, there were 492 judges in position leaving 155 posts vacant. The Government has received 50 proposals from the Chief Justices of the High Courts for filling up existing vacancies in the respective High Courts. This information was given by the Union Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs, Shri Arun Jaitley in a written reply to a question from Shri Abani Roy in the Rajya Sabha today.