Raising judges’ retirement age may prolong service of non-performers: Justice dept to Par Panel

By PTI

NEW DELHI: Increasing the retirement age of Supreme Court and High Court judges may prolong the years of service of non-performing judges and may need a cascading impact with authorities staff elevating comparable calls for, the Department of Justice informed a parliamentary panel.

It additionally mentioned growing the retirement age of judges can be thought-about together with measures to make sure transparency and accountability in appointments to the upper judiciary.

In July, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju had knowledgeable Parliament that there isn’t a proposal to extend the retirement age of Supreme Court and High Court judges.

The Department of Justice made a presentation earlier than the parliamentary panel on Personnel, Law, and Justice that’s chaired by BJP MP and former Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Modi.

The division within the Ministry of Law and Justice made the presentation that comprised particulars of judicial processes and reforms, together with the opportunity of growing the retirement age of High Court and Supreme Court judges.

“Enhancing the age of retirement might extend benefits in terms of extended years of service in certain non-deserving cases and lead to non-performing and under-performing judges to continue,” the division mentioned in its presentation.

It additionally recommended that elevating the retirement age of judges needs to be thought-about together with bringing down pending circumstances and bringing transparency to the judiciary.

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“It would be inappropriate if the increase in retirement age is considered along with other measures to ensure transparency, accountability in the appointments to the higher judiciary, effort to fill up existing vacancies in the district and subordinate judiciary and bringing down arrears of cases pending in courts,” the division mentioned in its presentation.

The division mentioned growing the retirement age might deprive tribunals of getting retired judges as presiding officers or judicial members.

It additionally cautioned that retirement age might have a cascading impact.

“Enhancement of the retirement age of judges will have a cascading effect as government employees at Centre and state level, PSUs, commissions, etc, may raise similar demand. Therefore, this issue needs to be examined in totality,” the division mentioned.

Supreme Court judges retire on the age of 65 years, and judges of the 25 excessive courts within the nation retire at 62 years. The Constitution, 114th Amendment Bill was launched in 2010 to extend the retirement age of excessive court docket judges to 65 years.

However, it was not taken up for consideration in Parliament and lapsed with the dissolution of the fifteenth Lok Sabha.

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NEW DELHI: Increasing the retirement age of Supreme Court and High Court judges may prolong the years of service of non-performing judges and may need a cascading impact with authorities staff elevating comparable calls for, the Department of Justice informed a parliamentary panel.

It additionally mentioned growing the retirement age of judges can be thought-about together with measures to make sure transparency and accountability in appointments to the upper judiciary.

In July, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju had knowledgeable Parliament that there isn’t a proposal to extend the retirement age of Supreme Court and High Court judges.

The Department of Justice made a presentation earlier than the parliamentary panel on Personnel, Law, and Justice that’s chaired by BJP MP and former Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Modi.

The division within the Ministry of Law and Justice made the presentation that comprised particulars of judicial processes and reforms, together with the opportunity of growing the retirement age of High Court and Supreme Court judges.

“Enhancing the age of retirement might extend benefits in terms of extended years of service in certain non-deserving cases and lead to non-performing and under-performing judges to continue,” the division mentioned in its presentation.

It additionally recommended that elevating the retirement age of judges needs to be thought-about together with bringing down pending circumstances and bringing transparency to the judiciary.

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“It would be inappropriate if the increase in retirement age is considered along with other measures to ensure transparency, accountability in the appointments to the higher judiciary, effort to fill up existing vacancies in the district and subordinate judiciary and bringing down arrears of cases pending in courts,” the division mentioned in its presentation.

The division mentioned growing the retirement age might deprive tribunals of getting retired judges as presiding officers or judicial members.

It additionally cautioned that retirement age might have a cascading impact.

“Enhancement of the retirement age of judges will have a cascading effect as government employees at Centre and state level, PSUs, commissions, etc, may raise similar demand. Therefore, this issue needs to be examined in totality,” the division mentioned.

Supreme Court judges retire on the age of 65 years, and judges of the 25 excessive courts within the nation retire at 62 years. The Constitution, 114th Amendment Bill was launched in 2010 to extend the retirement age of excessive court docket judges to 65 years.

However, it was not taken up for consideration in Parliament and lapsed with the dissolution of the fifteenth Lok Sabha.

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