The decision of the chief judge Gavai to change Rule 4a of the rules of the Supreme Court and servants (conditions of service and behavior) of 1961 was applied pursuant to Article 146 (2) of the Constitution. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma
The Supreme Court announced changes in its employees’ recruitment rules to introduce reservation for other reverse classes (OVC) together with planned castes and planned tribes.
In the reform of the vast nature, the main judge of India Br Gavai, who is only the second Supreme Judge Dalit in the country, he also expanded the advantage of reservation in a court non -mate employment to a physically questioned, former service and dependent fighters of freedom.
The decision of the chief judge Gavai to change Rule 4a of the rules of the Supreme Court and servants (conditions of service and behavior) of 1961 was applied pursuant to Article 146 (2) of the Constitution.
Quota by government. standard
The announcement issued in the official Bulletin 3. July explained that the reservation of direct recruitment of employees to the Supreme Court would comply with the rules, orders and announcements issued by the Union’s government.
“Reservation in direct recruitment for various categories of contributions listed in the candidates belonging to the planned caste, planned tribes, other back -up classes, physically questioned, former servants and dependent on the freedom of fighters are in accordance with the rules and notifications issued at the time that are submitted submitted submitted submitted submitted submitted submitted The submitted subject submitted to the submitted subject submitted submitted submitted submitted subject submitted submitted submitted subject by the subject by a subscription, which is given in accordance with the paid.
Historic, says MP
Rajya Sabha and lawyer P. Wilson, who promoted a reservation of the OS in the recruitment of employees to the Supreme Court, said in a social media contribution that the change of Rule 4a “ensured alignment with national standards of affirmative measures”. He described the amendment of “historical reform”.
However, the reservation for the Civil Code in its recruitment of employees comes for more than 33 years after nine judges to the Supreme Court bench in the Indira Sawhney judgment of November 1992, 27% of the reservation for the Central Government category.
The chief judge Gavai took over the initiative to introduce a list for hiring candidates from the planned caste and planned tribes as an employee of the Supreme Court. This step came three decades after the court itself declared in the judgment of RK Sabharwal that the 200-point system would ensure a fair division of jobs between general and reserved categories.
Published – 5 July 2025 23:21
