mid-day had been regularly highlighting the issue of vacant posts of judges.

"Thanks specially to the Bombay High Court, the registrar general and other concerned authorities who considered our demands and sent magistrates to these courts. The issue was first highlighted by mid-day and later by other newspapers," said senior advocate Kishore Joshi from the Borivli Advocates Bar Association.

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"We were writing constantly about the vacant posts, finally they considered our demands," said Rajeshrao More, president, Borivli Advocates Bar Association.

"In 2017 my wife filed a domestic violence case against me. For past six months there was no magistrate. Now that a new judge has arrived, I hope for a fast result," said Morris Frank, an auto driver from Dindoshi. Payal Sanap who is fighting for maintenance from her husband who has left her, was also not getting dates for the hearings. She said, "I am responsible for our two children. Now that the new judge has been appointed, I am hopeful of a hearing."

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