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The law ministry has forwarded recommendations from nine high courts to appoint 40 judges to the Supreme Court collegium. The high courts from where the recommendations have been received include Karnataka, Jharkhand, Gujarat, Madras and Tripura, the functionary said.
According to law ministry data, as on September 1, while the approved strength of judges in the 24 high courts was 1,079, there were 413 vacancies and these high courts were functioning with an effective working strength of 666 judges.
As per procedure, the three-member high court collegium recommends a name to the Supreme Court collegium. The recommendation is initially sent to the Law Ministry, which attaches an IB report about the candidate’s record and forwards it to the SC collegium for a final call.
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“As of now, 106 judges have been appointed in 2017. By December 31, we will surpass the 126 figure,” Prasad said on Thursday at an event attended by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra.