Short of judges,govt to start 2 IAS-like services=ILS/IJS

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Short of judges,govt to start 2 IAS-like servicesDhananjay Mahapatra | TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: The Centre is finalizing the creation of two new all-India
servicesIndian Judicial Service (IJS) and Indian Legal Service (ILS)to fulfil
its promise to create 15,000 additional courts by 2012 and meet the demand for
services of legal professionals from various departments of the Union and state
governments.
We will create two all-India servicesIJS and ILSmainly aimed at capacity
building at the lower levels of the judiciary and to provide professional legal
advice to various departments, law minister M Veerappa Moily told TOI.
Though he was tight-lipped about the timeframe of the plan,the minister said the
IJS would help attract talent from all over the country for appointment at the
sessions judge level.
The ministrys Vision Document prepared last year had promised the creation of
15,000 posts of judges for two years to tackle the backlog of nearly 2.5 crore
cases in the trial courts.But with that apparently not working out,the
government is keen to add to the number of nearly 17,000 trial court judges by
creating the IJS.

Law leash on lawyers conduct likely soon


The government has proposed a law,the Legal Practitioners (Regulations and
Maintenance of Standards in Professions,Protecting the Interest of Clients and
Promoting the Rule of Law) Act,2010,to oversee the conduct of more than one
million legal professionals and supervise legal education.It also envisages a
Legal Services Board that will establish a panel to represent the interests of
clients of legal professionals.P 15

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