A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday commenced its hearing on the issues regarding inter-se seniority in the cadre of higher-judicial service. The Court is also considering the issue of whether there should be a quota in the District Judge posts for the promotion of judicial officers who joined the service at the entry level. This is to address the problem of career stagnation faced by judicial officers who join as Civil Judge Junior Division/Judicial Magistrate, due to lack of adequate promotional avenues.

The 5-judge Bench of Chief Justice of India BR Gavai, Justices Surya Kant, Vikram Nath, K Vinod Chandran and Joymalya Bagchi is hearing the matter.

During the hearing, the bench orally expressed concern over the unintended consequences of the recent judgment in R

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