ABHIMEET SINHA & ORS.versusHIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA & ORS.
Case No.: WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 251/2016
Decision Date: 06-05-2024
Disposal: Dismissed
Neutral Citation: 2024INSC381

HRISHIKESH ROY*, PRASHANT KUMAR MISHRA Issue for Consideration Issue arose as regards the constitutionality of the Rules-Bihar Superior Judicial Service Rules, 1951 and Gujarat State Judicial Service Rules, 2005 stipulating minimum qualifying marks in the viva voce test as a part of the selection criteria District Judiciary in the States of Bihar and Gujarat respectively; whether the prescription of minimum marks for viva voce, in contravention of the law laid down by this Court in All India Judges (2002) which accepted certain recommendations of the Shetty Commission; whether the prescription of 

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