Parliament adjourned, to reconvene on March 10
Parliament was adjourned on Thursday and will reconvene on March 10, in the second and final half of the Budget session.
Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today asserted that the government will not be a postman on the issue of appointment of judges but be a stakeholder and have a say on it.
Mr Prasad said there is a process while appointing judges of High courts and the Supreme Court and a collegium of senior judges recommends names to the government for appointment of judges.
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“In the appointment of judges, we are a stakeholder. We are not a postman and we will have a say,” he said during Question Hour in Parliament.
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Responding to a request of Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee, the minister said he would look into the issue of appointment of some more judges in the Calcutta High Court.
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