The court pointed a similar situation in Karnataka High Court, where several court rooms were locked because there were no judges, had said.
The apex court was hearing two public interest litigation cases that sought filling up of judicial vacancies in various courts across India. According to CNN-News18, the collegium has named four Supreme Court and 52 high court judges since January, but the central government has been sitting on the proposal.
Earlier, the Centre had on 14 September told the apex court that there was “no blame game” or “logjam” in appointments and transfer of judges for higher judiciary but had blamed the high courts for “pretty much delaying” in starting the process.
The apex court had said that it would not tolerate “logjam in judges’ appointment” and would intervene to “fasten accountability as the justice delivery system is collapsing”.
The bench had said that if the government had reservation about any name, it could always come back to the collegium. However, the Centre has been sitting on the names proposed by the collegium since January, and that has irked the Supreme Court.
(Sourced from agencies, feature image courtesy:oneindia.com)
