Supreme Court Reduces Three-Year Mandatory Legal Practice to One Year for Entry-Level Judicial Exam
The court said selected candidates will train as judicial officers for one year and complete a clerkship, while easing entry rules for exam windows through March 2027.
- On Friday, the Supreme Court modified its May 2025 verdict, reducing the mandatory legal practice requirement for entry-level judicial service examinations from three years to one year.
- The Court held that the sudden restoration of the three-year practice rule without a transitional arrangement caused hardship for young lawyers, prompting review petitions against the May 2025 judgment barring fresh graduates from Civil Judges exams.
- Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Masih and Vinod Chandran delivered a 2:1 split decision maintaining that selected candidates must undergo training at the judicial academy and a one-year clerkship.
- Candidates appearing in judicial exams notified between May 25, 2025, and March 31, 2027, are eligible regardless of prior experience, addressing immediate concerns from the review petitions.
- For exams notified after April 1, 2027, the new arrangement will be applicable. The Court previously consulted High Courts and National Law Universities regarding the three-year criterion before finalizing these adjustments.
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In a major relief to law graduates across the country, the Supreme Court has reduced the required legal experience to appear in the Civil Judge Recruitment Examination from three years to one. In a 2:1 majority decision, a bench headed by CJI Surya Kant ruled that candidates without experience will be able to appear for the examination until March 31, 2027, although they will be required to undergo two years of training and clerkship after selec…
Supreme Court cuts mandatory legal practice for civil judge aspirants from 3 years to 1: What it means for them
The Supreme Court revised its May 2025 ruling, reducing the mandatory legal practice for entry-level judicial exams from three years to one. Candidates must complete training at a judicial academy and an additional one-year clerkship under the revised framework.
Supreme Court cuts judicial service practice rule from 3 years to 1; candidates to undergo training, clerkship after selection
News News: The Supreme Court has modified its controversial three-year practice requirement for entry-level judicial service, reducing the mandatory prior legal .
SC reduces three-year mandatory legal practice to one year for entry level judicial exam
New Delhi, Aug 21 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Friday modified its May 2025 verdict by reducing to one year the earlier mandatory requirement of three-year legal practice for law graduates for taking entry level judicial service examinations. However, the selected candidates will have to undergo training at the judicial academy and a further one […]
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The Supreme Court on Friday upheld its May 2025 ruling that mandated law practice as a condition for entry into judicial service, but reduced the experience prescribed at the bar from three years to one year in a key judgment on the recruitment of judicial officers. 📰 Supreme Court Reduces Law Practice Requirement for Judicial Service From 3 Years to 1 Year, New Rules From April 2027.
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