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SC stays promotion of 68 lower judicial officers
Updated On: 13 May, 2023 08:10 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
Court said promotions in violation of Gujarat State Judicial Service Rules, which says promotions must be on principle of merit-cum-seniority
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The SC was hearing a plea of two senior civil judge cadre officers
The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the promotion of 68 Gujarat lower judicial officers, including Surat Chief Judicial Magistrate Harish Hasmukhbhai Varma who had convicted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case.
A bench comprising Justices M R Shah and C T Ravikumar said the promotion of the judicial officers was in violation of the Gujarat State Judicial Service Rules 2005, amended in 2011, which states that promotions must be made on principle of merit-cum-seniority and on passing a suitability test.
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