Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 298 · Decided 17 July 2001
Ganga Ram Moolchandani v. State of Rajasthan and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 298 · [2001] 3 S.C.R. 992
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6469/1988
- Decided
- 17 July 2001
- Bench
- G.B. PATTANAIK, B.N. AGRAWAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 16
Headnote
Service Law: Rajasthan Higher Judicial Service Rules, 1969: Rules 8(ii) and J 5(ii). Higher Judicial Service~Recruitment to-Eligibility conditions-Rules laid down that candidates must have practised for seven years in the State High Court or courts subordinate thereto-Candidate with seven years' Such a condition is not based on an intelligible differentia D , having a reasonable relation to the object sought to be achieved-Hence, Rr. 8(ii) and J 5(ii) struck down-However, judgment declared prospective in operation-Constitution of India, 1950, Arts. 14 and 16-Rajasthan Judicial Service
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