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Judicial Reservation in India
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- According to a written reply in parliament by the Union Law Ministry under the BJP-led Centre, Tamil Nadu has the highest representation of SC, ST, and OBC judges in district and subordinate courts anywhere in India.
- The district and subordinate courts in the country have 14.15% Dalits, 5.12% tribals and 26.64% OBCs as judges.
- With statistics showing that diversity among them is higher in South India, with Tamil Nadu and Karnataka leading the spot compared to the rest of the country.
- It showed that the lower judiciary is more representative compared to the High Courts.
- The appointments since 2018 showed only 3.89% of 847 judges were Dalits, 2% tribals and 12.27% OBCs.
- States like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh have impressive representation in lower courts.
- While the statistics placed in Parliament showed “zero” SC, ST and OBC judges in lower courts in West Bengal and Andaman Nicobar Islands.
- Among the big States, Tamil Nadu has 97.65% (1,205 of 1,234) from these categories – SC 20.66% (255), ST 1.21% (15) and OBCs 75.76% (935).
- While only those persons who are recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium are appointed as Judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts, the state governments, in consultation with the respective High Courts, frame the rules and regulations regarding the appointment and recruitment of judicial officers in the respective State Judicial Service.
- There is no reservation policy in the appointment of judges to district and subordinate courts.
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