Is the three-year practice mandate for judicial service welcome?
Update: 2025-05-29
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On May 20, 2025, the Supreme Court restored a minimum of three years of legal practice as a mandatory condition to apply for entry-level judicial service. The ruling reverses the Court’s 2002 decision that had removed the practice requirement, originally mandated by a 1993 judgment.
Is the three-year practice requirement a welcome move? Here we discuss the question.
Guests: Prashant Reddy T., co-author of Tareekh Pe Justice: Reforms for India’s District Courts; Bharat Chugh, Delhi-based advocate and former civil judge
Host: Aaratrika Bhaumik
Edited by Jude Francis Weston
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