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But the question remains: why will someone with a decent practice become a judge ?
Good luck India !
Goes against the apex court verdict
Supreme Court of India
All India Judges Association And Ors. vs Union Of India (Uoi) And Ors. on 8 February, 2001
In the All India Judges case , this Court has observed that in order to enter the judicial service, an applicant must be an Advocate of at least three years' standing. Rules were amended accordingly.
With the passage of time, experience has shown that the best talent which is available is not attracted to the judicial service.
A bright young law graduate after 3 years of practice finds the judicial service not attractive enough.
It has been recommended by the Shetty Commission after taking into consideration the views expressed before it by various authorities, that the need for an applicant to have been an Advocate for at least 3 years should be done away with.
After taking all the circumstances into consideration, we accept this recommendation of the Shetty Commission and the argument of the learned amicus curiae that it should be no longer mandatory for an applicant desirous of entering the judicial service to be an Advocate of at least three years' standing.
We, accordingly, in the light of experience gained after the judgment in All India Judges' case (supra), direct to the High Courts and to the State Governments to amend their rules so as to enable a fresh law graduate who may not even have put in even three years of practice, to be eligible to compete and enter the judicial service.
We, however, recommend that a fresh recruit into the judicial service should be imparted with training of not less than one year, preferably two years.