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Judicial Pathways Get a New Timeline | India News
The Supreme Court just tweaked the three-year legal experience rule for judicial aspirants — not scrapping it, but reshaping how it’s counted. Fresh grads can now apply during a two-year grace period (May 2025 to March 2027), with time since the original ruling counting as one year of practice. Selected candidates won’t hit the bench immediately: first, a year at a State Judicial Academy (equivalent to one year of practice), then a year of supervised clerkship with senior and high court judges. After that? Full judicial appointment. Starting April 2027, applicants must prove at least one year…
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