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On 20-5-2025, in a significant decision, the Supreme Court restored minimum three-year legal practice requirement for eligibility in civil judge exams and made it mandatory.
The Court issued the direction for relaxation as the advertisement and selection process had commenced prior to Supreme Court’s directions in All Indian Judges Association v. Union of India, 2025 SCC Online SC 1184.
Supreme Court clarified that the three-year period of legal practice would be counted from the date of provisional enrolment as an advocate, and not from the date of passing the All-India Bar Examination (AIBE), recognizing the varying schedules of the AIBE across jurisdictions.
Formerly a Judge of Kerala High Court and Chief Justice of Patna High Court, Justice K. Vinod Chandran was appointed as Judge of Supreme Court in January 2025.
“As per Article 348(1)(b)(iii) of the Constitution of India, the authoritative texts of all orders, rules, Regulations and bye-laws issued under the Constitution or under any law made by Parliament or the Legislature of a State, shall be in the English language.”
“The status of the petitioner of belonging to Economically Weaker Section (‘EWS’) category is not in dispute herein.”
“Recruiting bodies subject to the extant rules may devise an appropriate procedure for bringing the recruitment process to its logical end, provided the procedure is transparent non-discriminatory, non-arbitrary, and has a rational nexus with the object sought to be achieved”
‘As much as the Court may wish to intervene on behalf of a deserving candidate, it cannot overstep its jurisdiction by altering the established norms and benchmarks.’
The clear ineligibility to any unilateral appointment is set out in Section 12 of the Arbitration Act read with the Seventh Schedule of the Act. After the 2015 Amendment to the Act came into effect, any unilateral appointment would be contrary to the law.
“The aim of fostering diverse supplier base can serve as counterbalance to intrinsic challenges posed by oligopsonistic market. By discouraging market domination by single entity, tender conditions are designed to mitigate the risks associated with limited buyer options, thereby creating more level playing field for all market participants.”
Delhi High Court observed that the petitioner’s strong determination to join the Force is established by the fact that he lost 15 kg in 42 days with utmost dedication to qualify the Stage IV i.e. Medical and was declared successful.
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The Supreme Court observed that having participated in the selection process without any demur or protest, the writ petitioners cannot challenge the same as being tainted with mala fides, merely because they were unsuccessful.
The delay on part of the petitioner in approaching the Court had led to the conclusion of admission process, due to which the candidates with lower merit would got admission which stood crystalised. Therefore, no exceptional circumstances existed in warranting issuance of directions to admit the petitioner in the academic year 2022-23.
Chattisgarh High Court: P. Sam Koshy J. allowed the petition and quashed the impugned order as it was bad in law. The