New Delhi. The Supreme Court has given great relief to those youth who are preparing to become judges in lower courts. Today, Friday, August 21, the Supreme Court amended its May 2025 judgment, reducing the mandatory practice requirement of three years for the entry-level Judicial Services Examination to one year. During this hearing, Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justice AG. Of Christ and Justice. Vinod Chandran's bench took this decision by a majority of 2-1 and rejected the review petition.
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What will change after this decision?
Let us tell you that after this decision of the Supreme Court, now instead of three years, candidates should have only one year of advocacy experience to appear in the examination. Apart from this, this experience will not be necessary for the judicial examinations whose notifications will be issued between 25 May 2025 and 31 March 2027. This means that now even candidates without experience will be able to take the exam during this period. However, during this period, the candidates selected without experience will not be made judges directly. For this, he will first work as a Trainee Judicial Officer for one year. They will also have to undergo a one-year structured clerkship. This new amended rule will be completely applicable to the notifications of examinations issued on or after April 1, 2027.
Why did the court give relief?
The court acknowledged that the sudden implementation of the three-year practice rule without any transition period in 2025 had created huge difficulties for new law graduates and young lawyers. The court also said that it is very important to have advocacy experience to become a judge, but the youth should not be suddenly inconvenienced due to this rule.
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What happened in the previous decisions?
It is worth noting that in May 2025, the Supreme Court had banned the examination to become a direct judge. Apart from this, the condition of practicing law for at least three years was also made mandatory. After this, the court had reserved its decision on the review petitions filed against this decision. In such a situation, under the new decision, the court, while hearing the review petition, has now reduced the condition of three years to one year.