Kerala Judicial Service Rules, 1991

The Kerala High Court invited applications for 70 Munsif‑Magistrate posts and conducted written and oral examinations, prescribing minimum cut‑off marks of 35% (written) and 30% (oral). Several candidates, including K.H. Siraj, failed to meet the oral cut‑off and challenged the select list, alleging violation of reserv…

The Supreme Court was asked to clarify whether Kerala's Judicial Service Rules, which require five years of standing at the Bar for appointment to the lowest judicial rung, complied with its earlier directive that a minimum of three years of legal practice is essential for recruitment. The State of Kerala filed Interlo…

P.S. Gopinathan, a Sub‑Judge promoted to District & Sessions Judge on 14 January 1992, was initially treated as a temporary appointee and later re‑appointed on 15 July 1992 after a fresh panel was prepared following the integration of the Civil and Criminal Judicial Services. He accepted both postings without objection…

The appellants challenged the Rajasthan High Court’s decision to fix a 75% cut‑off for the translator recruitment, alleging that it altered the eligibility criteria after the recruitment process had begun. The Supreme Court examined when a recruitment process starts and ends, the constitutional doctrine that the "rules…