The Supreme Court will tomorrow pronounce its decision on the issue of whether a judicial officer, who has already completed 7 years in the Bar, is entitled to be appointed as a District Judge against the Bar vacancy.

A Constitution Bench comprising five judges - Chief Justice of India BR Gavai, Justices MM Sundresh, Aravind Kumar, SC Sharma and K Vinod Chandran - had reserved the Judgment on September 25 after a 3-day hearing.

The bench has been constituted after the 3-judge bench of Chief Justice of India BR Gavai, Justice K Vinod Chandran and Justice NV Anjaria passed an order on August 12, referring the matter to a larger bench.

The matter involved the interpretation of Article 233(2) of the Constitution.

The four main issues considered by the bench are :

(i) Whether a j

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