Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 92 · Decided 20 February 2002
Maharashtra State Judicial Service Association and ORS. v. High Court of Judicature at Bombay and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 92 · [2002] 1 S.C.R. 1125
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 609/2000
- Decided
- 20 February 2002
- Bench
- G.B. PATTANAIK, S.N. PHUKAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32
Headnote
Service Law A B Bombay Judicial Service Recruitment (Second Amendment) Rules, 1992- C Rule 5(2)(ii) and 5(2)(c)-District Judges-lnter-se Seniority-Reckoning of­ District Judges appointed by nomination from the Bar and those promoted from the rank of Additional District Judges-Direct Recruits on probation for two years-High Court holding that those who were appointed by nomination would reckon their seniority D from the date of appointment and the promotee to reckon their seniority from the date of their promotjrm-Held, not justified---Seniority of direct recruit could be reckoned from
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