HC says govt should provide more infrastructure to judges

The Delhi High Court today said that the government and agencies concerned should provide more court space and infrastructure for the judicial officers in the national capital.
A bench of justices S Ravindra Bhat and Vipin Sanghi made the observation while hearing a PIL seeking directions for filling up of existing vacancies and creation of additional infrastructure for Delhi Judicial Service (DJS).
"Why should we confine it to you (the petitioner). It is a matter of great concern. Land/infrastructure needs to be made available for court space, which the government can do.
"It is not only our job. The government and its agencies should also think over it," the court said.

It said let the senior officers from the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and the Delhi government meet over the issue.
"The respondents...After due inter se consultations with DDA shall intimate to this court the availability of additional land to ensure creation of infrastructure in the vicinity of the existing court complexes, having regard to the sanction accorded for the creation of additional posts in the cadre of DJS and the Delhi Higher Judicial Service (DHJS)," the bench said.

It said that the officials concerned of the Delhi government, DDA, PWD, MCD and land department shall also file the status report before December 17 with regard to the progress of various approvals like funding, construction and identification of land.

The court was hearing the PIL filed by advocate R K Kapoor seeking a direction to the Registrar of the Delhi High Court to "notify/advertise" all the existing vacancies as were existing on February 18 for recruitment to DJS.
According to the plea, a notification was published in newspapers on February 22 for recruitment to DJS by which only 80 seats were advertised although there were about 262 vacancies.