Ad-hoc Judges: Supreme Court paves way for Ad-hoc Judges in High Courts

Terming pendency of around 57 lakh cases in High Courts as “docket explosion”, the Supreme Court activated a “dormant” constitutional provision to pave way for appointment of retired High Court judges as ad-hoc ones for a period of two to three years to clear backlog and came out with guidelines to regulate appointments.

About Adhoc-Judges

  • Article 224A, used rarely, of the Constitution deals with appointment of ad-hoc judges in High Courts and says, “the Chief Justice of a High Court for any State may at any time, with the previous consent of the President, request any person who has held ....
Do You Want to Read More?
Subscribe Now

To get access to detailed content

Already a Member? Login here


Take Annual Subscription and get the following Advantage
The annual members of the Civil Services Chronicle can read the monthly content of the magazine as well as the Chronicle magazine archives.
Readers can study all the material before the last six months of the Civil Services Chronicle monthly issue in the form of Chronicle magazine archives.

Related Content

Prelims Special