Collegium has suggested over 100 names for judicial posts in High Courts: CJI

Appointments will address issue of vacancies to an extent, he says

Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana on Saturday said the Supreme Court Collegium recently recommended over 100 names forto the High Courts, including nine Chief Justices, and Law Minister Kiren Rijiju had agreed to process them in a day or two.

“We have recommended 106 judges to various HCs and nine CJs. The government has cleared some and the Law Minister has said the rest of things are going to come in a short time, in one or two days,” Chief Justice Ramana said in his speech at the inaugural function of the six-week ‘The Pan India Legal Awareness and Outreach Campaign’ organised by the National Legal Services Authority.

Chief Justice Ramana was speaking in the presence of President Ram Nath Kovind, Mr. Rijiju and Supreme Court judges and Collegium members Justices U.U. Lalit and A.M. Khanwilkar.