Key Points
The Supreme Court will, on May 8, hear a petition challenging the promotion of 68 judicial officers, including Judicial Magistrate Harish Hasmukhbhai Varma who convicted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for criminal defamation and sentenced him to two years simple imprisonment, to district judges by way of the 65 per cent quota rule...
The petition by two judicial officers of the senior civil judge cadre Ravikumar Maheta, under secretary in the legal department of the Gujarat government, and Sachin Prataprai Mehta, assistant director at the Gujarat State Legal Services Authority challenging the selection of the 68 judicial officers to the cadre of district judge..
Advocate Purvish Malkan, on behalf of the petitioners, sought the apex courts direction to set aside the selection list issued by the HC on March 10 and the subsequent notification of the state government appointing them..
To this effect, the apex court sought an explanation from the secretary of the state government on the extraordinary urgency shown in the matter in giving promotion and issuing the notification dated 18.04.2023 granting the promotion, subject to the ultimate outcome of the proceedings...
It is very unfortunate that, despite the fact that the respondents, more particularly, the state government, was aware of the present proceedings and the fact that, in the present proceedings, this Court made the notice returnable on 28.04.2023, the state government has issued the promotion order dated 18.04.2023, i.e., after the receipt of the notice issued by this court in the present proceedings..
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