Vacancies in judiciary be filled soon; CJI’s concern natural:

Nitish Patna, Aug 16 (PTI) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumartoday shared Chief Justice of India T S Thakur’s concern overa large number of vacancies of judges and said these should befilled soon. "Judiciary has its own concerns. There are largenumber of vacancies in various high courts. These should befilled soon. The concern which the Chief Justice of India hasexpressed is quite natural," Kumar said. Kumar, who was talking to reporters at the LegislativeCouncil premises after the passage of GST Bill by the statelegislature, was responding to a query by a journalist. Justice Thakur had yesterday expressed hisdisappointment that Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not makeany mention of the problems faced by the judiciary in hisIndependence Day address. "I heard the popular Prime Minister for one and a halfhours… I expected some mention about justice also, aboutappointment of judges," the Chief Justice said at a functionin the national capital where Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasadwas present. PTI AR MMSKLNS