Ad-HOC judges were not appointed, even after the Supreme Court's approval, what is the reason? - Appointment of ad hoc judges was delayed despite approval of the Supreme Court

Ad-HOC judges were not appointed, even after the Supreme Court’s approval, what is the reason? Updated: Sun, 12 Oct 2025 10:13 PM (IST) The Supreme Court has approved the appointment of AD-HOC judges to resolve pending criminal cases across the country. Even after nine months, no Supreme Court recommended the names. The legal ministry also received no recommendation. Article 224A of the Constitution allows the appointment of retired judges. The appointment process will be the same as for ordinary judges, but the president will not sign the appointment order. The Supreme Court recommended no name for this post (symbolic picture) digital desk, New -Delhi. Almost nine months after the Supreme Court approved the idea of ​​appointing AD-HOC judges to resolve Lakhs of pending criminal cases across the country, no Supreme Court has recommended any name for the post. Remove advertisement read only news according to people who are aware of the Supreme Court appointment process and the Supreme Court judges, until October 11, none of the 25 Supreme Court recommended any name for the appointment of AD-HOC judges. He said that the Ministry of the Union legislation received no recommendation from any collegium in the Supreme Court in this regard. On January 30, permission was given. Concerned about more than 18 lakh pending criminal cases across the country, on January 30, the Supreme Court gave the Supreme Court to appoint AD-HOC judges, which could not exceed 10 percent of the total approved strength of the court. Article 224A of the Constitution allows retired judges to be appointed as Ad-Hoc judges in high courts to help manage pending cases. According to the prescribed procedure, the college of the Supreme Court concerned sends the names or recommendations of candidates for appointment as Supreme Court judges to the Department of Justice, the Ministry of Rights. The department then receives information and details on the candidates and then sends it to the Supreme Court Collegium. Then the college of the peak court makes the final decision and recommends the government appoint the selected persons as judges. The president signs the ‘warrant for appointment’ of the newly appointed judge. The procedure for the appointment of AD-HOC judges will remain the same, except that the president will not sign the appointment order. On the contrary, the president’s consent will be taken to appoint AD-HOC judges. Officials said there is no precedent for appointing retired judges as AD-HOC judges of the Supreme Court. (With input from the news agency pti)