The day the Supreme Court in the Indra Sawhney case ruled 'caste' as 'class', caste became an indelible reality of policy-formulation by Union and state Governments.
And now the union govt. has ordered for a caste-based census, caste is no longer limited to governance but has become an inevitable social hard reality.
Therefore it is imperative that there must be a caste-balance in the appointment of judges also. Today the imbalance is more pronounced and palpable in the number of judges in Patna High Court. A particular upper caste group alone has more than 37% representation.
The Law Minister must take steps to make the system evenly representative in all respects. There is no dearth of meritorious and honest people in other social groups.
If Mr. Moiley is really serious to streamline the judiciary he should make it a policy matter to transfer at least 1/3rd of the judges to outside courts.
The effort should be to ensure that a democratic system of Indian polity works efficiently and without caste prejudices.
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