All India Judicial Service


All India Judicial Service is a proposed judicial service in India.[1][2]

HistoryEdit

The proposal for an All India Judicial Service was first suggested in the Chief Justices' Conference in 1961 as a way to remove any scope for judicial or executive intervention in the appointments to the judiciary in the High Courts and the Supreme Court in India. The idea had to be shelved after some states and High Courts opposed it.[2]

The Constitution was amended in 1976 to provide for an AIJS under Article 312. The proposal was again floated by the ruling UPA government in 2012 but the draft bill was shelved again after opposition from High Court Chief Justices who labeled this an infringement of their rights.


Promotional HierarchyEdit

The promotional hierarchy of "All India Judicial Service" Group 'A' gazetted officers shall be -

  • Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India
  • Justice of Supreme Court of India/Chief Justice of State High Court
  • Justice of State High Court
  • Principal District & Session Judge /Principal Judge of Family Court
  • Additional District and Session Judge/Additional Judicial Commissioner
  • Chief Judicial Magistrate cum Sub-Judge/Chief Metropolitan Magistrate
  • Judicial Magistrate 1st Class cum Munsif Judge/Metropolitan Magistrate
  • Judicial Magistrate 2nd Class cum Munsif Judge/Metropolitan Magistrate

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. "An all-India judicial service in the works?". The Times of India. 24 September 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "End tug of war with All India Judicial Services". Tribuneindia.com. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.

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