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Delhi HC Gets 5 New Judges Raising To 39 But Still 21 Short

Nov. 08 Glamour Comments

[New Delhi]Delhi HC Gets 5 New Judges Raising To 39 But Still 21 Short
Around 62,000 cases are pending in the Delhi High Court which turned 50 on October 31 this year.
The Delhi High Court has got five more judges who were today administered oath of office as additional judges.
With this, the total strength of judges in the high court has gone up to 39.
However, the sanctioned strength of judges in the high court here is 60.
The five new judges —
Anil Kumar Chawla,
Vinod Goel,
Chander Shekhar,
Anu Malhotra and
Yogesh Khanna —
were administered oath of office by Chief Justice G Rohini.
Vinod Goel was the Registrar General and Chandra Shekhar the Registrar (Vigilance) of the high court.
The other three were officers of Delhi Higher Judicial Services and posted as judges in the subordinate judiciary.
On October 28, an apex court bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur had pulled up the government saying it cannot bring the judiciary to a “grinding halt” by not appointing high court judges despite the recommendations of its collegium long ago.

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