The names will be placed before the Full Court for clearance. If cleared, eight Judges will be appointed for fast track courts in Punjab while five will be appointed as ad hoc Judges for fast track courts in Haryana.

It might be recalled that the Chief Justice had earlier also expressed concern over the increasing backlog of cases in the two states owing to the lack of Judges. It is apt to mention here that the Punjab and Haryana High Court has already hit an all time high by having the maximum number of Judges, including a woman Judge. It will not be out of place to mention here that on December 6 last year, the Chief Justice had promoted 23 Chief Judicial Magistrates (CJMs) and senior sub judges to the rank of Additional District and Session Judges (ADJs).

While fifteen Judges were promoted on regular basis to the post of ADJs, the remaining eight Judges were promoted on ad hoc basis. It might be recalled that on the swearing in ceremony of five Judges who were alleviated to the High Court, the Chief Justice had stated that he would like to fill up the vacancies in the judiciary so that justice is not only delivered but also expedited. The Chief had also said that over 30,000 petty cases which had been pending in the lower courts would be disposed of within a period of two months by assigning the job to a sitting judge.