New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday rued over the \"stagnation\" in district judiciary and underlined several “brilliant candidates” leaving service only after a few years as they don't become district judges even at the time of superannuation.

A five-judge Constitution bench of Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justices M M Sundresh, Aravind Kumar, S C Sharma and K Vinod Chandran made the observation during the hearing on a legal question that whether judicial officers, who complete seven years of practice as advocates prior to joining the bench, can be appointed as district judges under vacancies earmarked for the bar.

Senior advocate Jayant Bhushan, appearing for a group of civil judges who were denied participation in direct recruitment examinations for district judge posts, argued tha

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