In the last five years, no district judge has eventually made it to the Supreme Court, the Union Law Ministry revealed in parliament on Thursday. .The information was given in response to a question in the Rajya Sabha by Indian National Congress (INC) member Amee Yajnik.However, the scenario was different in High Courts. Out of the 495 judges appointed to High Courts during the same time frame, 256 were elevated from district courts. Among the High Courts that followed this trend, the Allahabad High Court, the Bombay High Court and the Calcutta High Court stood out, appointing 24, 22, and 22 judges, respectively from service.The High Courts of Telangana, Rajasthan and Madras appointed 18, 18, and 17 judges, respectively from district courts..The court-wise details of judges appointed from the bar and from the judicial services over the last five years is as follows:.Notably, Justice Bela M Trivedi of the Supreme Court was appointed as a civil and sessions judge from the bar in 1995. After her elevation from the district judiciary, she served at the High Courts of Gujarat and Rajasthan before being appointed to the Supreme Court in 2021..Yajnik also asked whether the government was planning to consult the apex court for conducting a competitive exam for appointment of judges to High Courts and the Supreme Court.The Law Ministry's response stated that no proposal to introduce such an exam was pending, as Supreme Court and High Court judges are appointed as per Constitutional provisions..[Read Law Ministry's Answer]
In the last five years, no district judge has eventually made it to the Supreme Court, the Union Law Ministry revealed in parliament on Thursday. .The information was given in response to a question in the Rajya Sabha by Indian National Congress (INC) member Amee Yajnik.However, the scenario was different in High Courts. Out of the 495 judges appointed to High Courts during the same time frame, 256 were elevated from district courts. Among the High Courts that followed this trend, the Allahabad High Court, the Bombay High Court and the Calcutta High Court stood out, appointing 24, 22, and 22 judges, respectively from service.The High Courts of Telangana, Rajasthan and Madras appointed 18, 18, and 17 judges, respectively from district courts..The court-wise details of judges appointed from the bar and from the judicial services over the last five years is as follows:.Notably, Justice Bela M Trivedi of the Supreme Court was appointed as a civil and sessions judge from the bar in 1995. After her elevation from the district judiciary, she served at the High Courts of Gujarat and Rajasthan before being appointed to the Supreme Court in 2021..Yajnik also asked whether the government was planning to consult the apex court for conducting a competitive exam for appointment of judges to High Courts and the Supreme Court.The Law Ministry's response stated that no proposal to introduce such an exam was pending, as Supreme Court and High Court judges are appointed as per Constitutional provisions..[Read Law Ministry's Answer]
