Home / News / India News / Article /
CJI, government argue over judges appointment
Updated On: 27 November, 2016 07:54 AM IST | | Agencies
CJI's Thakur says around 500 judges posts are lying vacant in courts, but Law Minister ‘respectfully disagrees’


Chief Justice of India TS Thakur with Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad at the All India Conference of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) in New Delhi on Saturday. Pic/PTI
New Delhi: Differences between judiciary and government continued to be aired in the open with Chief Justice of India TS Thakur on Saturday saying there is shortage of judges in high courts and tribunals requiring government intervention, a view Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad strongly disagreed with.
How do you like the new new mid-day.com experience? Share your feedback and help us improve.

