Law Minister Kiren Rijiju replied in Lok Sabha that 99 Additional Judges were appointed in 2022 and 93 Additional Judges have been appointed in various High Courts in 2021.
He was replying to an unstarred question related to the list of vacancies and additional judges appointed during the last two years in High Courts.
The Minister further stated that when there is a vacancy of a Permanent Judge in the parent High Court and there is no Additional Judge appointed in the said High Court, fresh appointment would be made as a Permanent Judge. In case of no vacancy of a permanent Judge in the parent High Court or there is a vacancy of a Permanent Judge of the said High Court but an Additional Judge has already been appointed, the fresh appointment will be made as an Additional Judge
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