The Supreme Court on Thursday (December 4) stayed the operation of a judgment of the Delhi High Court which quashed a notification issued by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to appoint law officers [Young Professional-Legal] based on CLAT-PG scores.

A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi passed the interim order while issuing notice to the respondents on NHAI's Special Leave Petition filed against the High Court's judgment.

Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta, for the NHAI, submitted that the law officers are appointed for a two-year contractual period. " If we invite applications, it would be in thousands. For example, in the Delhi PP post, we received five thousand applications. Interviews are still going on. So we go

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