“You cannot bring the entire institution (of judiciary) to a grinding halt,” the Supreme Court had told the government while expressing anguish over the delay in appointment of judges in high courts, despite recommendations made by the collegium in this regard.
“Courts rooms are locked down. Do you want to lock down the judiciary?” a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice TS Thakur had said.
As reported “the apex court is particularly peeved at the pendency of 35 appointments it had cleared for the Allahabad High Court — the first batch of eight on 28 January and the second for appointment of 27 judges in August — both are yet to be notified. The Allahabad High Court is functioning with less than 50 percent of its strength with just 77 judges against the approved strength of 160.”
