RAJYA SABHA
Appointments
of Judges of the Supreme Court of India and the High Courts
are made under articles 124 and 217 of the Constitution of India
respectively which do not provide for reservation for any caste
or class of persons. No statistics is, therefore, maintained
for the number of Judges belonging to SC/ST in Supreme Court
of India or the High Courts.
The Government
have, however, addressed letters to the Chief Ministers of the
States and the Chief Justices of the High Courts, from time
to time, requesting them to locate persons from the Bar belonging
to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, other Backward Classes,
Minorities and Women who are suitable for appointment as High
Court Judges.
This information
was given by the Minister of Law and Justice and Commerce and
industry, Shri Arun Jaitley in a written reply to a question
by Shrimati Saroj Dubey and Shri Moolchand Meena in the Rajya
Sabha today.
