Muslim Judges In Supreme Court: After the retirement of two Muslim judges in the Supreme Court this yr, now there are not any judges from this neighborhood in the high court docket of the nation. But is this the first time this has happened? In truth, this has happened in the previous additionally when there is no judge from the nation’s second largest neighborhood in the Supreme Court. This is the first time in 11 years and solely the second case in practically three many years that there is no Muslim judge in the Supreme Court.
The final time a Muslim judge was appointed to the Supreme Court was in 2012. The judges to be appointed have been Justice MY Iqbal and Justice Faqir Mohammad Ibrahim Kalifulla. Both the judges have retired this yr. A complete of 31 judges might be appointed to the Supreme Court, at the moment 28 judges are in service there.
Along with this, it is believed that resulting from the ongoing tussle between the Supreme Court and the authorities concerning the technique of appointment of judges, the look ahead to the subsequent Muslim judge could also be a little longer.
What is the historical past of Muslim Judge and Chief Justice in the nation?
At current, Bihar CJ Iqbal Ahmed Ansari and Himachal CJ Mansoor Ahmed Mir are the Muslim Chief Justices of two High Courts. Of the 196 retired and 28 sitting judges and Chief Justices who served in the Supreme Court, 7.5 p.c have been Muslims. Of these, 4 M Hidayatullah, M Hamidullah Baig, AM Ahmadi and Altamas Kabir turned CJI. The first girl judge of the Supreme Court, Justice M Fathima Beevi was a Muslim.
There was no Muslim judge even from 2003 to 2005
Last time, there was no Muslim judge in the Supreme Court for about two and a half years from April 2003 to September 2005. After the retirement of Justice SSM Qadri on 4 April 2003, Justice Altamas Kabir was appointed as the new judge of the Supreme Court on 9 September 2005.
That is, there have been 4 Muslim judges in the Supreme Court throughout the four-month interval from December 2012 to April 2013. This contains the names of CJI Altamas Kabir, Justice Aftab Alam, Justice Iqbal and Justice Kalifulla.
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