Appointments, Assets, Leaves: House Panel's Big Remarks On Senior Judges

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice, chaired by BJP MP Sushil Kumar Modi, presented the report Monday.

The representation of backward communities, women and minorities in higher judiciary is below the desired level and does not reflect the country's social diversity, a Parliamentary panel has said in its report.

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice, chaired by BJP MP Sushil Kumar Modi, presented its 133rd report on "Judicial Processes and their reform" to both the Houses Monday.

The report noted the lack of caste-based reservation in appointments to high courts and Supreme Court, and said the higher judiciary suppers from a "diversity deficit".