Another unhappy practice developed—although vacancies were available for permanent judges, every high court judge was initially appointed as an additional judge before being confirmed as permanent. If the executive was unhappy with the decisions of a particular judge, he/she could be penalized by being refused confirmation as a permanent judge of that high court. This system clearly went against the principles of the Constitution, under which additional judges were to be appointed not as a matter of course, but only to meet temporary increase in business or work arrears.
