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Judges
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Saturday November 13, 2010 04:08:01 PM,
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Panaji:
Appointment of judges in India is bereft of transparency and
judicial benches need to be more diverse, former Delhi high court
chief justice Ajit Prakash Shah said Saturday.
"Our current appointments system is out of step with democratic
culture, primarily because it lacks transparency, and provides for
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"At present, choosing judges is based on undisclosed criterion in
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"International consensus seems to favour appointments to the
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said, adding that less than five percent of judges were female.
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