Review of Procedure of Appointment of Judges

Appointment of Judges in the Supreme Court and the High Courts are made in pursuance to the Supreme Court Judgement of October 6,1993 in the Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record & Anr.Vs Union of India, read with their advisory opinion of October 28, 1998. In the case of Supreme Court, the proposals are initiated and recommended by the Chief Justice of India while in the case of appointments to High Courts, the proposals are initiated by the Chief Justice of the concerned High Court and recommended by the Chief Justice of India. This information was given by Shri H.R.Bhardwaj, Minister of Law and Justice in the Lok Sabha recently to a written question.

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