Kerala Munsiff Magistrate vacancies in 2020 cannot be filled in by candidates from 2019 selection: Supreme Court

"Candidates who have ranked lower in the 2019 selection and were unable to obtain appointments cannot appropriate the vacancies of a subsequent year to themselves."
Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice Indira Banerjee
Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice Indira Banerjee

The Supreme Court on Monday set aside the Kerala High Court's decision to allow candidates who had selected in the 2019 Munsiff-Magistrate recruitment to be considered for vacancies arising in 2020, differing with the High Court's reading of Rule 7 of the Kerala Judicial Service Rules, 1991 (High Court of Kerala v. Reshma A. & Others Etc.).

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