BILASPUR: Once again highlighting the issue of vacancies in the judiciary and huge backlog of cases, Chief Justice of India T S Thakur on Sunday said the process of appointment of judges must be accelerated.The CJI has flagged the issue in his public speeches on many occasions in the recent past. "There are 12 judges per 10 lakh people in the country and at least three crore cases are pending in the courts. "If any person, belonging to any sector, is not honest, then he must be a trader ("dukandar"). An arbitrator should not be a trader and is not supposed to sell judgement. Therefore, honesty is the foremost quality needed in the judiciary," the CJI said.A good judge is the one who gives a patient hearing to both the sides before dispensing justice, Justice Thakur said.Supreme Court judge Abhay Manohar Sapre and Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh high court Deepak Gupta were also present.

Source: Times of India September 11, 2016 14:20 UTC