Supreme Court of India

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

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Reported as [2025] 5 S.C.R. 1070
Bench B.R. Gavai, Augustine George Masih and K. Vinod Chandran JJ.
Decided 20 May 2025

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid discussion, we issue the following directions: (i) All the High Courts and the State Governments in the country shall amend the relevant service Rules to the effect that the quota of reservation for LDCE for promotion from the cadre of Civil Judge (Senior Division) to the Higher Judicial Service is increased to 25%; [2025] 5 S.C.R. 1113 All India Judges Association and Others v.

Judgment, page 43

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Matter pertains to restoration of 10% quota reserved for Limited Departmental Competitive Examination-LDCE for promotion to Higher Judicial Service-cadre of District Judge, to 25%; reduction of the minimum qualifying experience for appearing in LDCE, and if so, by how many years; percentage of reservation of quota for meritorious candidate from the Civil Judge (Junior Division) to Civil Judge (Senior Division); the minimum experience as a Civil Judge (Junior Division); calculation of the quota to be reserved for the said departmental examinations in a particular year

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