Delhi judicial Service: 11 more selected after interview, suggestions submitted to SC

The controversy pertaining to the Delhi Judicial Service exam in 2014 might lead to guidelines being framed by the Supreme Court on the conduct of such exams..Advocate Prashant Bhushan today submitted the following suggestions to the Supreme Court regarding the same:.a) In the Preliminary exams, the OMR sheets be ordered to be filled up in pen and not pencil.b) In the preliminary exam result, the names of candidate be mentioned and not omitted as done in the new 2015 notification by the respondent.c) In checking of the mains papers, the procedure laid down by the 3 Supreme Court judgment be followed, in letter and spirit. The 3 judgments are Sanjay Singh [(2007) 3 SCC 720], Prashant Ramesh Chakkarwar [(2013) 12 SCC 489] and Sujasha Mukherji [2015 AIR (SCW) 1582].d) The candidates be provided a copy of their answer scripts under the RTI and as per two Supreme Court judgments.e) Arbitrary absolute cut offs for interview qualification be replaced with ranking method.f) The DJS exam be held every year like the UPSC exam..The Court has directed Delhi High Court to respond to the same..Meanwhile, the Delhi High Court today informed the Supreme Court that it had interviewed 11 more candidates for selection to the Delhi Judicial Service, pursuant to the direction issued by the Supreme Court. All 11 who were interview have been selected..The Court today directed that appointment letters for the selected 11 be issued as soon as possible..Advocate ADN Rao appeared for Delhi High Court. Senior Advocate Sanjay Hegde and advocate Prashant Bhushan appeared for the petitioners Sonal Gupta and CPIL respectively.