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XNew Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that some kind of nationwide “uniformity” in criteria for determining seniority of entry-level judicial officers is needed to deal with the slow and uneven career progression of such judges across India.

A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice B R Gavai, however, made clear that even remotely, it does not intend to encroach into the powers of high courts in recommending names for judgeship.

The bench, also comprising justices Surya Kant, Vikram Nath, K Vinod Chandran and Joymalya Bagchi, is mulling framing uniform, nationwide criteria for determining seniority in the Higher Judicial Service (HJS) cadre.

It took note of the situation that “in most of the states, judicial officers recruited as Civil Judge (CJ) often d

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