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

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