Archive · 17 Jun 2025
Plea Challenges SC Verdict on Judicial Practice
The Supreme Court made a new rule: to be a judge, you need three years of law practice.
A lawyer named Chandra Sen Yadav disagrees and filed a challenge.
He thinks it is unfair because it stops new law graduates.
He says this rule goes against equal opportunities, especially for those with experience outside of courtrooms.
The Supreme Court is now reviewing this decision.
A plea challenges the Supreme Court's verdict requiring three years of legal practice for civil judge candidates.
The Supreme Court mandated a minimum three-year practice requirement on May 20th.
The review plea, filed by Chandra Sen Yadav, argues the ruling violates Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution.
The plea targets the directive for high courts and states to amend service rules.
The practice rule is argued to exclude law graduates with legal experience outside courtroom settings.
- Who
- Chandra Sen Yadav filed the plea challenging the Supreme Court verdict.
- What
- A plea challenges the Supreme Court's ruling on the three-year practice requirement for civil judge aspirants.
- When
- The Supreme Court delivered its verdict on May 20.
- Where
- Supreme Court
- Why
- The plea argues the verdict violates constitutional rights and discriminates against fresh law graduates and those in non-courtroom roles.
Petitioners
Supreme Court
Eligibility Criteria
Petitioners
The requirement of three years of practice excludes fresh law graduates and those with legal experience outside courtrooms.
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court believes the reintroduction of a certain number of years of practice was necessary.
Discrimination
Petitioners
The uniform three-year practice requirement discriminates, depriving fresh law graduates of equal opportunity.
Supreme Court
The experience of judicial service aspirants would be counted from the date on which provisional registration had been granted by the state bar council concerned.
- Plaintiff
- Chandra Sen Yadav
- Supreme Court Verdict Date
- May 20
- Subject
- Judicial Services Eligibility
- Minimum Practice Required
- Three years
- Articles Cited
- 14, 16 of the Constitution
- Focus
- Civil Judge (Junior Division)
