Indian government plans to create 15,000 additional judges’ posts

Law Minister, Veerappa Moily’s ambitious plans of reducing the pendency of court cases in India and creating 15,000 additional judges’ posts in India seems to be taking shape with two new all-India services. The Indian Judicial Service (IJS) and the Indian Legal Service (ILS) aims to meet the demand for services of legal professionals from various departments of the Union and State governments. Speaking to the Times of India, the Law Minister said, “We will create two all-India services — IJS and ILS — mainly aimed at capacity building at the lower levels of judiciary and to provide professional legal advice to various departments.”

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