Additional Judges to High Courts
- December 17, 2021
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Additional Judges to High Courts
Subject – Polity
Context – Supreme Court Collegium drops judge who gave skin-to-skin order
Concept –
- Additional judges to high courts are appointed either from the Bar directly or state judiciary under Article 224 (1) of the Constitution for a period not exceeding two years.
- Their retirement age is 62 years.
- Additional judge posts are constitutionally intended to deal with the “increased burden of the court” but are increasingly used as probationary periods for judges before they are promoted as permanent judges.
To know about Collegium System, please refer August 2021 DPN.