Supreme Court of India

All India Judges Association and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors.

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Reported as [2002] 2 S.C.R. 712

Bench B.N. Kirpal J.

Decided 21 March 2002

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28 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that there should be an objective method of testing the suitability of the Subordinate H Judicial officers for promotion to the Higher Judicial Service.

Judgment, page 25

Where later benches applied it

2024 Ravikumar Dhansukhlal Maheta & Anr. v. High Court of Gujarat & Ors. relied on
2024 Dr Kavita Kamboj v. High Court of Punjab and Haryana & Ors relied on
2023 Ravikumar Dhansukhlal Maheta & Anr. v. High Court of Gujarat and Ors. relied on
2020 Dinesh Kumar Gupta and Others v. High Court of Judicature of Rajasthan Others relied on
2020 Dheeraj Mor v. Hon’ble High Court of Delhi relied on
2019 The Authorised Officer, Indian Bank v. D. Visalakshi and Anr. relied on
2018 Punjab and Haryana High Court at Chandigarh v. State of Punjab and Ors. relied on
2018 Krishanakant Tamrakar v. The State of Madhya Pradesh relied on
2010 S.D. Joshi & Ors. v. High Court of Judicature at Bombay & Ors. relied on
2018 High Court of Judicature at Allahabad through Registrar General v. The State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. followed
2025 All India Judges Association and Others v. Union of India and Others referred to
2024 Sonu Agnihotri v. Chandra Shekhar & Ors. referred to
2024 Salam Samarjeet Singh v. The High Court of Manipur at Imphal & Anr referred to
2024 High Court Bar Association, Allahabad v. State of U.P. & Ors. referred to
2024 All India Judges Association v. Union of India & Ors referred to
2023 All India Judges Association v. Union of India & Ors referred to
2022 High Court of Delhi v. Devina Sharma referred to
2021 High Court of Kerala v. Reshma A. & Others Etc. referred to
2018 Dheeraj Mor v. Hon’ble High Court of Delhi referred to
2016 Srikant Roy & Ors. v. State of Jharkhand & Ors. referred to
2016 V. Venkata Prasad & Ors. v. High Court of A.P. & Ors. referred to
2016 Suresh Chand Gautam v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. referred to
2014 Bharatkumar Shantilal Thakkar v. State of Gujarat & Another referred to
2013 Mahinder Kumar & Ors. v. High Court of Madhya Pradesh through Registrar General &ors referred to
2012 Brij Mohan Lal v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2012 N.C. Das v. Gauhati High Court Thr. Registrar & Ors. referred to
2008 V.K. Srivastava & Ors. v. Govt. of U.P. & Anr. referred to
2024 Abhimeet Sinha & Ors. v. High Court of Judicature at Patna & Ors. explained

Of those, 9 relied on · 1 followed · 17 referred to · 1 explained

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