Rajasthan Higher Judicial Service Rules, 1969

The Supreme Court examined multiple writ petitions challenging the seniority and appointment of judicial officers in Rajasthan's District Judge cadre after the 2010 Judicial Service Rules came into force. The petitioners argued that officers promoted ad‑hoc to Fast Track Courts should retain seniority from their initia…

R.C. Sood, then Registrar of the Rajasthan High Court, was suspended by the High Court under Rule 13 of the Rajasthan Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1958, on the allegation that he altered a draft recruitment advertisement, changing the age eligibility date from 1 January 1994 to 1 January 1…

The Rajasthan Judicial Service Officers Association challenged a 2003 notification that advertised 19 posts for direct recruitment to the Rajasthan Higher Judicial Service (RHJS), arguing that the cadre strength of RHJS is fixed at 150 and that, under the 25% quota for direct recruitment, no substantive vacancies exist…

B.N. Sharma, a retired member of the Rajasthan Judicial Service, sought promotion to the Rajasthan Higher Judicial Service. After filing a writ petition that was withdrawn with liberty to re‑file, his representation was rejected by the High Court’s Full Court, prompting a second writ petition which the High Court dismi…