The MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a), (b) and (e): Statement showing sanctioned strength of Judges, number of male & female Judges and vacancies in the Supreme Court and High Courts is attached at Annexure.
(c) and (d): Appointment of Judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts is made under Articles 124 and 217 & 224 of the Constitution of India respectively, which do not provide for reservation for any caste or class of persons. Hence no class/category wise data is maintained centrally. However, the Government has been requesting the Chief Justices of the High Courts that while sending proposals for appointment of Judges, due consideration be given to suitable candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, Minorities and Women to ensure social diversity in appointment of Judges in High Courts.
Number of Judges appointed in Supreme Court and High Courts during last 5 years (calendar year-wise) as on 25.01.2021 is given below:
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Judges appointed in the Supreme Court = 04 05 08 10 --
Judges appointed in the High Courts = 126 115 108 81 66
Additional Judges made Permanent in High Courts = 131 31 115 68
90
Additional Judges given fresh term = 22 05 02 07 03
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Annexure
Statement referred to in reply to parts (a), (b) and (e) of Unstarred Question No. 377 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 03.02.2021 regarding ‘Sanctioned Strength of Judges” by Shri M. Badruddin Ajmal, showing sanctioned strength, no. of male & female judges and vacancies of Judges in Supreme Court and the High Courts.
(As on 27.01.2021)
Sl. No. Name of the Court Sanctioned Strength Working Strength Vacancies
No. of Male Judges No. of female Judges
A. Supreme Court of India 34 28 2 04
B. High Court
1 Allahabad 160 90 6 64
2 Andhra Pradesh 37 16 3 18
3 Bombay 94 56 8 30
4 Calcutta 72 29 4 39
5 Chhattisgarh 22 12 2 08
6 Delhi 60 23 6 31
7 Gauhati 24 20 1 03
8 Gujarat 52 25 5 22
9 Himachal Pradesh 13 09 1 03
10 Common High Court for the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir and Union Territory of Ladakh. 17 10 1 06
11 Jharkhand 25 16 1 08
12 Karnataka 62 41 5 16
13 Kerala 47 32 5 10
14 Madhya Pradesh 53 25 2 26
15 Madras 75 49 13 13
16 Manipur 05 05 - -
17 Meghalaya 04 04 - -
18 Orissa 27 13 2 12
19 Patna 53 22 - 31
20 Punjab& Haryana 85 41 8 36
21 Rajasthan 50 22 1 27
22 Sikkim 03 02 1 -
23 Telangana 24 12 2 10
24 Tripura 05 04 - 01
25 Uttarakhand 11 08 - 03
Total 1080 586 77 417
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