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The Supreme Court Thursday said that judicial officers, who have already completed 7 years of practice as advocates, are eligible to become district judges under the bar quota.
“Judicial officers already completed seven years at bar before being in service will be entitled to be appointed as district judge,” CJI B R Gavai, who was leading the five-judge SC bench, said.
Stating that the interpretation of Constitution has to be “organic” and not “pedantic”, the apex court asked states to amend rules accordingly with consultations with the respective high courts to allow judicial officers to take up exam for district judges.
“All the state governments in consultation with the high courts shall amend the rules in accordance with what has been held by us within a period of three months,” the judgement said.
The others comprising the bench were Justices M M Sundresh, Aravind Kumar, S C Sharma and K Vinod Chandran.
In a separate judgment concurring verdict, Justice Sundresh said, “Letting go of the emerging talent by not identifying at and nurturing them at the earliest would lead to mediocrity as against the excellence, which would weaken the foundation and undermine the judicial structure. It is obvious that greater competition will serve a better quality.”
The detailed judgment is still awaited.
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