Published on : 09 Oct 2025, 5:24 am 3 min read

The Supreme Court on Thursday held that a judicial officer, who has seven years of experience as a lawyer prior to joining the judicial service, is entitled to be appointed as a district judge under the Bar quota [Rejanish KV v. K Deepa & Ors].

The judgment was delivered by a bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai and Justices MM Sundresh , Aravind Kumar , Satish Chandra Sharma and K Vinod Chandran.

" We have held that injustice was meted out to the members of the judicial service, thereby depriving them from participating in the selection process for post of district judges by way of direct recruitment, " the Court said.

The Court overruled its 2020 ruling in the case of Dheeraj Mor wherein a three-ju

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