Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 534 · Decided 4 September 2020
R. Poornima and ORS. v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 534 · [2020] 8 S.C.R. 89
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 1172/2019
- Decided
- 4 September 2020
- Bench
- S.A. BOBDE, A.S. BOPANNA, V. RAMASUBRAMANIAN (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 217(2)
Headnote
Constitution of India - Art. 217(2) - Explanation (a) and (aa) u/Art. 217(2) - The petitioners as well as the respondent nos. 24 to 29 were duly selected and appointed as District Judges by way of direct recruitment in the year 2011 - The respondent nos. 5 to 23 were Officers in the cadre below that of District Judges - After long service, they gained promotion to the post of District Judges - But their promotion happened after the date on which the petitioners were directly recruited as District Judges - This is how and why the petitioners
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