Madras HC adjourns plea to appoint ad-hoc judges to reduce pendency [Read Petition]
The Madras High Court has adjourned the hearing of a Public Interest Litigation filed by Chennai-based lawyer VBR Menon seeking the appointment of adequate number of ad-hoc high court judges under Article 224-A of the Constitution at the Principal and Madurai Benches of Madras High Court to reduce the huge backlog of pending cases.The Bench comprising of Justice Huluvadi G Ramesh and Justice. The Madras High Court has adjourned the hearing of a Public Interest Litigation filed by Chennai-based lawyer VBR Menon seeking the appointment of adequate number of ad-hoc high court judges under Article 224-A of the Constitution at the Principal and Madurai Benches of Madras High Court to reduce the huge backlog of pending cases. The petitioner stated that the Madras High Court is having huge pendency of cases for disposals due to various reasons, including the shortage of additional and permanent judges for the past several years. “For one reason or the other, the vacancies of high court judges are not getting filled up for quite some time resulting in the huge pendency of cases in the court.
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