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No plan to increase retirement age of SC, HC judges: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Reports had claimed, citing a report of a parliamentary standing committee on Law, that the government was planning to increase the retirement age

Govt refuses to share for now draft MoP with Par panel

Committee has been informed that the document will be shared at an appropriate time

Lower courts face shortage of over 5000 judges

There is a shortage of 5,111 judicial officers who run subordinate courts across the country

Delhi govt clears hike in salaries for judges

Delhi has become the first state which has cleared 2.5 fold hike for judges

Govt reworks bill on judges' accountability, wants performance

Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill was brought by the previous UPA govt but had lapsed

200 judges go on mass leave in protest against suspension of two judges in Telangana

Two judges were suspended following an agitation against provisional allocation of judicial officers between AP and Telangana

HC faces shortage of 458 judges, says Law Ministry data

Allahabad High Court has the maximum number of 81 vacancies against the sanctioned strength of 160 judges

Retired judges to tackle pending criminal cases

CJI T S Thakur said the ad hoc judges will tackle criminal cases where appeals have not been heard for the past five years