Law minister hits back at Rahul for his claim on judges appointments

Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today hit back at Rahul Gandhi for his claim about huge pendency of cases in courts and shortage of judges, saying the government's notice to Cambridge Analytica for data mining has unnerved the Congress president.

Legal system collapsing under Pending Cases: Supreme Court 55,000+, High Court 37 Lakh+, Lower Courts 2.6 Crore+. Yet, a staggering 400 High Court and 6,000 Lower Court judges not appointed, while Law Minister preoccupied peddling fake news, Gandhi said on Twitter yesterday, using the hashtag JudiciaryDemonetised.

Hitting back at Gandhi for the tweet, Prasad said judiciary has never been made part of any political debate in the country. He also said that in 2016, a record 126 high court judges were appointed in one year, which he claimed was highest since independence
Reacting to it, Prasad had tweeted: "Mr Rahul Gandhi, maintaining your track record your team has failed you once again by not doing their homework. Average appointments of High Court Judges under UPA-1 was 86 per year, and in UPA-2 it was 79 per year. Under NDA it has been 109 per year."