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CJI, government argue over judges appointment

CJI's Thakur says around 500 judges posts are lying vacant in courts, but Law Minister ‘respectfully disagrees’

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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
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.

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