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Each HC should keep the appointment to two to five ad-hoc judges and not exceed 10% of the total sanctioned strength, the ...

Supreme Court relaxes conditions for appointment of ad hoc judges to State High Courts to tackle case pendency.

The petition was mentioned for an early hearing before a bench led by CJI Sanjiv Khanna, which asked the petitioner to follow the procedure and approached the top court’s Registry.

A 3-judge special bench, led by CJI Sanjiv Khanna, issued the direction, supplementing SC’s 2021 judgment that mooted idea of ad-hoc judges under Article 224A of the Constitution.

The Supreme Court allowed the high courts to appoint ad-hoc judges, not exceeding the 10 per cent of the court's total ...

The Court also directed that each High Court shall keep the appointment of ad-hoc judges 2-5 in number but not exceeding 10% ...