Tribune News Service
New Delhi, June 3
Union Law and Justice Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, who took charge of the Ministry today, asserted that neither he nor his department will be a “post office” on issues relating judicial appointments. He said his priority would be to soon bring a Bill again in Parliament to ban the practice of instant triple talaq.
Noting that he would play the role of a stakeholder in expediting appointment of judges, Prasad said: “We have a stake and we will continue to pursue that stake in consultation with the Supreme Court and the High Courts, but obviously giving due regard and respect to the collegium system.”
With more than 5,000 positions of judicial officers in district and subordinate courts lying vacant, Prasad emphasised the need for setting up all-India judicial services. “We want good people to join judiciary... the selection process should be more merit-based... deprived section (of the society) should enter the service based on merit,” he asserted.
On the contentious issue of finalisation of memorandum of procedure (MoP), Prasad said, “We will work it out and I have already conveyed it to you that there are certain issues about screening, etc., on which we have two views. But there is always a healthy meeting ground which we will be able to find.”
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