Neela Kedar Gokhale appointed additional judge of Bombay HC

Neela Kedar Gokhale appointed additional judge of Bombay HC

Subject :Polity

Section :Judiciary

Context: Neela Kedar Gokhale had been on multiple state and central government panels, and represented the central government before the Supreme Court as its panel lawyer.

Concept :

• Additional Judges can be appointed by the President under clause (1) of Article 224 of the Constitution. When the need for this arises, the State Government should first obtain the sanction of the Central Government for the creation of such additional posts. The correspondence relating to this should be in the normal official form. After the post is sanctioned the procedure to be followed for making the appointment will be same as given in paragraphs 12 to 18 for the appointment of a permanent Judge, except that a medical certificate will not be necessary from the person being appointed as an Additional Judge.
• When an Additional Judge is being considered for confirmation as an Additional Judge for a fresh term, the relevant documents as mentioned in para 13 above also must be sent by the Chief Justice of the High Court concerned along with such recommendation.
• The Chief Justice of the High Court, however, should not make a recommendation for appointment of an Additional Judge when a vacancy of a permanent Judge is available in that High Court.