Supreme Court of India

High Court of Delhi v. Devina Sharma

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Reported as [2022] 2 S.C.R. 513
Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, A. S. Bopanna and Hima Kohli JJ.
Decided 14 March 2022

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that there is no merit in the submission which has been urged on behalf of the peti tioners before the High Court and the intervenors who have not fulfilled the age requirement of 35 years.

Judgment, page 14

From the headnote

Judiciary: Upper age limit of 32 years appearing for Delhi judicial Service (DJS) examination and minimum age requirement of 35 years for appearing for the Delhi Higher Judi cial Service (DHJS) examination – Validity of, challenged – Held: In regard to the DJS examination 2022 – The High Court conducted the last examination for recruitment to the DJS in 2019 – No ex amination was held in 2020 for institutional reasons and in 2021 due to the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic – Suggestions of the High Court were accepted that candidates who would have fulfill ed the upper age limit of 32 years for

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