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Judges posts: minister says process of selection is on NT Staff Reporter Panaji Feb 17: The Law Minister, Mr Dayanand Narvekar today said that the Goa bench of the Bombay High Court has already advertised for the posts of 17 judges in various categories, and the process of selection is on. Replying to a related question from the Pale MLA, Dr Suresh Amonkar, he said that 10 posts of additional district and sessions judge, 4 posts of civil judge, senior division and JMFC and 3 posts of civil judge, junior division and JMFC are vacant in various courts around the state. He also informed that altogether 13,381 civil and 9,266 criminal cases are pending in North Goa district, while 7,262 civil and 4,406 criminal cases are pending in South Goa district, taking the total number of pending cases in the state to 34,315. The Law Minister further said that the new judicial rules have been formulated on June 30, 2005 and a clause making knowledge of Konkani language compulsory has been added, which may have delayed the process of appointment of the judges to the vacant posts. Mr Narvekar also said that many cases are now before the fast-track courts. He agreed that the litigants were facing problems due to the absence of judges and said that the vacant posts should be filled in the next few months. -- "Dev Borem Korum". Gabe Menezes. London, England
