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SUBHASH CHANDRA AGRAWAL

21 May, 2010

Suggestion of Union Ministry for Law & Justice to increase retirement-age of High Court judges to 65 years to be at par with that of Supreme Court judges is welcome based on practical aspects.

A SUGGESTION by Union Ministry for Law & Justice to increase retirement-age of High Court judges to 65 years to be at par with that of Supreme Court judges is welcome based on practical aspects. To check normal human desire of judges to avail maximum tenure as judges, retirement-age of judges of Supreme Court and High Courts should be same so that there may not be a disappointment amongst Chief justice of states for not being elevated as Supreme Court judge.

Appointing-system of Supreme Court judges will then be relieved of any possible push for being elevated as Supreme Court judge. Judicial system will also make possible full utilization of services of distinguished High Court judges till age of 65 years though at High Court level in case their elevation to Supreme Court is stalled due to some peculiar reasons as happened in case of now-retired Chief Justice of Delhi AP Shah.

Also because all judges are at par with Chief Justice, Chief Justice should be posted by rotation for one year each amongst the senior-most judges to allow more and more judges to exhibit their performance as Chief Justice.