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Supreme Court:<\/span> The three-Judge Bench comprising Sanjiv Khanna, CJI and BR Gavai, and Surya Kant, JJ. relaxed the conditions for appointments of ad-hoc Judges in High Courts and directed that the High Courts can recommend the appointment of retired Judges on an ad-hoc basis to tackle pendency and clear the backlog of pending cases, which is mostly high in criminal matters.<\/p>\n

Further, the Bench also laid down that each High Court can appoint two to five Judges and in any case, the number should not exceed 10 percent of the sanctioned strength.<\/p>\n

Earlier in 2021, the Court in Lok Prahari<\/span> v. Union of India<\/span>, (2021) 15 SCC 80<\/a>, activated the “dormant” Article 224-A<\/a> of the Constitution of India<\/a> and issued some general guidelines for the appointment of ad- hoc Judges to deal with the unprecedented situation arising from the backlog of cases pending in the High Courts<\/a>. The Court stated that certain checks and balances must be provided so that Article 224-A<\/a> of the Constitution of India<\/a> can be resorted to only on the process having being initiated for filling up of the regular vacancies and awaiting their appointments.<\/p>\n

The Court therein, held that though the discretion of the Chief Justice of the High Court under Article 224-A was not constrained, it can be exercised under following circumstances:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. \n

    If the vacancies are more than 20% of the sanctioned strength.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  2. \n

    The cases in a particular category are pending for over five years.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  3. \n

    More than 10% of the backlog of pending cases are over five years old.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  4. \n

    The percentage of the rate of disposal is lower than the institution of the cases either in a particular subject matter or generally in the Court.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    [Lok Prahari v. Union of India, decided on: 30-01-2025<\/span>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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