Tribune News Service
From K.V. Prasad
NEW DELHI, Dec 1 — The government has said it is not considering any proposal to raise the retirement age of the judges.
In a written reply to Mr Satya Pal Jain, the Minister for Law, Justice and Company Affairs, Mr Thambi Durai, replied in the negative to a question whether the government was considering proposals for raising the retirement age of the judges.
The minister said in his reply that considering such proposals would need a conscious decision in its perspective keeping all factors in view.
At present the retirement age for judges and Chief Justices of High Courts is 62 years and in case of Supreme Court judges is 65 years.
According to Mr Jain, a lawyer by profession, at the last conference of judges there were some suggestions to raise the retirement age of judges of High Courts and bring it on par with those of the Supreme Court.
By doing so, they felt that it could, to certain extent, reduce the burden caused by a number of vacancies that existed in High Courts.
