§ SIR W. WEDDERBURN (Banffshire)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for India whether the Secretary of State for India is aware that, on the retirement of the second Judge of the Bombay Court of Small Causes, an outsider has been appointed, superseding Mr. Cursetjee, the third Judge, who has three times acted as first Judge; and, if so, whether he will state on what grounds Mr. Cursetjee has been superseded?
MR. GEORGE RUSSELLThe Secretary of State is not aware of the retirement of the second Judge of the Bombay Small Cause Court, or of any appointment to fill the vacancy, the appointment being within the discretion of the Government of Bombay. It is obvious that the fact of Mr. Cursetjee's having acted as Judge for short periods of time cannot be regarded as giving him necessarily a claim to the permanent appointment.