Calcutta High Court got 9 additional judges. This was informed today by issuing a circular on behalf of the Union Ministry of Law and Justice. The number of judges in the Calcutta High Court has increased to 55 due to the addition of 9 new additional judges. As a result, lawyers believe that the case will speed up.
The new 9 additional judges are – Bishwaroop Chowdhury, Parthasarathy Sen, Prasenjit Biswas, Udayakumar, Ajaykumar Gupta, Supratim Bhattacharya, Parthasarathy Chatterjee, Apoorba Sinha Roy, Mohammad Shabbar Rashidi. According to the Calcutta High Court, the total number of judges was 46 as on August 1. The ministry has informed that the newly appointed judges will handle the duties as additional judges for the next two years. The Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court will soon administer the oath to the newly appointed judges.
The total number of vacancies for judges in Calcutta High Court is 72. Lawyers have been demanding to increase the number of judges in the High Court for a long time. A year ago, they had protested against this. Currently more than 2 lakh cases are pending in Calcutta High Court. Lawyers blamed the low number of judges as the reason why so many cases were not disposed of. Lawyers hope that by increasing the number of judges in the Calcutta High Court, cases will be resolved quickly.
On the other hand, a section of lawyers feel that the infrastructure of the High Court needs to be improved in addition to increasing the number of judges. In this regard, Calcutta High Court lawyer Firdous Samim said, ‘In addition to providing adequate space for the litigants in the Calcutta High Court, it is necessary to solve the problem of drinking water. Moreover, there is a need to provide more number of chairs for senior lawyers in the Ajalas.’