The Supreme Court in Imtiyaz Ahmad vs. State of UP, has ruled that the required judge strength of the district judiciary shall be computed for each state in accordance with the interim approach suggested by the National Court Management Systems Committee (NCMSC).

The bench comprising Chief Justice of India TS Thakur and Justice DY Chandrachud disagreed with the government stand that new posts in district judiciary should be created only after 90 per cent of the sanctioned strength has been filled up. The court said many of the delays in this regard are not in the control of the high courts….

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