The Supreme Court today once again took note of the troubles plaguing the appointment of judges to higher judiciary, particularly the non-appointment of permanent Chief Justices to High Courts. A Bench of Justices AK Goel and UU Lalit made strong observations about it in a judgment pertaining to prayer for bail by a convict. The appellant in the case had been sentenced to life imprisonment and his criminal appeal against life sentence is pending. Though in custody for more than ten years, his prayer for bail was dismissed by the Madhya Pradesh High Court leading to the appeal in Supreme […]
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