Supreme Court of India
Lok Prahari through its General Secretary S.N. Shukla Ias (retd.) v. Union of India & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that the Division Bench, at present, may be constituted only of ad hoc Judges because these are old cases which need to be taken up by them.
Judgment, page 33
From the headnote
Constitution of India: Art. 224A – Appointment of retired judges at sittings of High Courts – Pendency of 57 lakhs cases in the High Courts along with consistent ratio of vacancies of almost 40 per cent – Held: Recourse to Art. 224A by appointment of ad hoc judges needed – It would provide a ready-made pool of known judicial talent to deal with the disposal of pending old cases – Certain checks and balances to be provided for resorting to Art. 224A – Guidelines on aspects such as, the trigger point to activate the provision, suggestion of an embargo situation, pre-recommendation process, the…
Authorities it was built on
- 1997 Vineet Narain and Ors v. Union of India and Anr.
- 1993 Supreme Court Advocates-on-record Association and Anr. v. Union of India
- 1977 State of Gujarat & Another v. Sankalchand Khodidas Patel
- 1977 Union of India v. Sankal Chand Himatlal Sheth and Anr.
- 2015 Supreme Court Advocates-on-record Association and Another v. Union of India
- 1998 Special Reference No. I of 1998 v. -----
- 1981 S.P. Gupta & Ors. Etc. Etc. v. Union of India & Ors. Etc. Etc.
- 2004 Shri Ashok Tanwar and Anr. v. State of H.P. and Ors.
- 1973 Krishan Gopal v. Shri Prakash Chandra & Ors.
- 2003 Justice P. Venugopal v. Union of India and Ors.
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