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Patna, (Bihar Times): There are 541 vacancies of
district and sub-ordinate judges in Bihar. This figure
is highest in the country. This is followed by Uttar
Pradesh where their number is short by 513. Chandigarh
and Lakshadweep were the two exceptions having full
strength whereas Nagaland had a shortfall of one
against the sanctioned strength of 25.
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This information was given by Minister of Law and
Justice H R Bhardwaj in written reply to a question in
Rajya Sabha on Monday. The minister said that the
working strength of various district and subordinate
courts, as on September 30, 2007 was 12,439 against
the sanctioned strength of 15,672 This means that
their number is less by 3,233 all over the country.
The administrative control over the members of the
subordinate judiciary in the states are vested with
the concerned High Court and the state government.
Filling up of the vacant posts of Judges/Magistrates
in Subordinate Courts is the concern of the respective
High Courts and the State Governments.
The process of initiation of proposal for appointment
of Judges of a High Court lies with the Chief Justice
of that High Court. The Government has, however, been
requesting the Chief Justices of the High Courts,
Chief Ministers and the Governors of the States from
time to time to initiate proposals for filling up of
the present and vacancies anticipated during the next
six months. There are 99 vacancies of judges in
various High Courts in the country.
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