The
Madras High Court Advocates’ Association (MHAA) has filed a writ petition before
the Madras High Court seeking a direction to the Supreme Court
Secretary-General and others to send back the list of nine persons recommended
for filling vacancies of judges in the Madras High Court.
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At
present, there are 18 vacancies in the High Court. The sanctioned strength of
judges is 60. A similar situation was witnessed in January last year when a PIL
was filed seeking the return of a list of 12 names suggested then by the High
Court collegium. The list was ultimately sent back.
In
the present petition, the MHAA secretary, S.Arivazhagan, submitted that the
High Court collegium had recommended nine names for appointment. The
association had requested the court to consider persons from unrepresented communities
in strict compliance with the constitutional mandate of achieving social
justice.
The
association said the present collegium system of selecting judges was much
criticised by experts and advocates. Ultimately, the sufferers were the
litigant public. It was being openly spoken at the Bar that some judges
appointed were indecisive due to non-exposure in various fields of law. Despite
the increase in the number of judges, quality and quantity of disposals had
remained unsatisfactory. This was because in the collegium system there was no
yardstick for selecting suitable candidates. The process of consultation was
conspicuously absent.
The
petitioner said the association wanted the entire vacancies to be filled up by
upholding social justice. The Association has sought for a direction to the
authorities concerned to drop the present move of appointing nine persons as
judges to the 9 vacancies in the Madras High Court and for a direction to them
to redo the same afresh, after taking into consideration the demands of the
advocates.
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