Published on : 19 Nov 2025, 8:41 am 4 min read

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to allow quota for Civil Judges/ Regular Promotees (RPS) when it comes to appointment to Higher Judicial Service (HJS) [All India Judges Association vs. Union of India] .

A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai and Justices Surya Kant , Vikram Nath , K Vinod Chandran and Joymalya Bagchi held that length of service as civil judge cannot be the basis to claim separate classification for appointment to HJS or as Principal District Judges.

"If at all the experience in the lower rungs of the judiciary is to be reckoned for determining seniority in HJS, there should be some compelling reason which stands the test of reasonableness, not being vitiated by the foul of arbitrarines

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