Supreme Court stays recent promotion of judicial officers on seniority-cum-merit basis by Gujarat High Court, State

However, the Court made it clear that the stay will not apply to those in the list who would get promoted based on merit alone since they would anyways make it even if the promotion was based on merits.
Justice MR Shah and Justice CT Ravikumar
Justice MR Shah and Justice CT Ravikumar
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The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the decision of the Gujarat High Court and the subsequent State government notification to promote 68 judicial officers to the post of district judges based on the seniority-cum-merit rule i.e. where seniority is given preference over merit [Ravikumar Maheta and anr vs High Court of Gujarat and ors].

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