Centre trying to ensure social diversity in judges appointment: Law Minister
Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju
Urges top judges to appoint suitable SCs, STs, OBCs
New Delhi, Nov. 14 (Delhi Crown): In a bid to ensure social diversity in appointment in High Courts, the Central Government has been requesting the Chief Justices across all the High Courts to give due consideration to suitable candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), Other Backward Classes (OBCs), minorities, and women while sending their proposal for appointment of judges, said Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju.
In a reply to the letter written to him by Member of Parliament (MP) and Senior Advocate P. Wilson, Rijiju said that this was attempt to ensure more social diversity in the appointment of judges to the High Courts and the Supreme Court.
Rijiju told Wilson that the country’s Constitution doesn’t provide for reservation for any caste or class of persons with regard to the appointment of judges to the Supreme Court and High Courts, “however, the Centre has been requesting the Chief Justices to ensure that while sending proposals for the appointment of judges, due consideration be given to such factors.”
Earlier this year, in response to concerns over inadequate representation of minorities/ vulnerable communities in the judiciary, the Union Law Ministry had assured that it is “committed to social diversity”.
