New Delhi, Nov 9: The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Monday a plea challenging an order of the Madhya Pradesh High Court that quashed an amendment to the Madhya Pradesh Higher Judicial Service (Recruitment and conditions of Service) Rules, 1994, for appointments to the post of district judge.

The amendment introduced in 2015 allowed the high court to fill the posts of district judge (entry point) by judges from the district court if appropriate candidates were not found from the Bar quota (advocate quota) in two consecutive exams.

The plea filed by the Madhya Pradesh High Court, through its registrar general, seeks direction to stay the impugned order dated April 4, 2025.

According to the petition filed through advocate Ashwani Dubey, the amendment was introduced to address the chal

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