CJI, Ravi Shakar Prasad exchange barbs over delay in judges' appointments
On Saturday, which was marked as a Constitution Day, Justice Thakur said all three organs of the state shouldn't cross the 'Lakshman rekha'.
He said it is the duty of the judiciary to keep a tab whether all remain within their limits.
At a separate function at the Central Administrative Tribunal, where Prasad was also present on the dais, Thakur said there are some 500 vacancies in judges' posts and blamed the government over the delay in appointments.
Rejecting the allegations, Prasad said: "Since 1990, there have only been 80 appointments. There are 5,000 vacancies in lower judiciaries in which the Government of India has no role to play."
"That is something for only to judiciary to take. As far as infrastructure is concerned, that is a continuous process," Prasad said.
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