https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=190503 The Supreme Court examined whether bifurcation of the Kerala judicial service into civil and criminal wings offended equality guarantees. It held that the earlier orders and rules did not show a fully integrated judicial service, but only limited absorption and posting arrangements; the State could therefore create separate cadres and service rules on a reasonable classification basis, without violating Articles 14 or 16. On the option to join the criminal wing, the Court preferred the construction that extended the benefit to officers who had served as magistrates at any time before the scheme came into force. Read that way, the clause was upheld as constitutional and the discrimination challenge failed. en-us Tue, 14 Feb 1978 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 17 Feb 2017 14:22:34 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=190503 The Supreme Court examined whether bifurcation of the Kerala judicial service into civil and criminal wings offended equality guarantees. It held that the earlier orders and rules did not show a fully integrated judicial service, but only limited absorption and posting arrangements; the State could therefore create separate cadres and service rules on a reasonable classification basis, without violating Articles 14 or 16. On the option to join the criminal wing, the Court preferred the construction that extended the benefit to officers who had served as magistrates at any time before the scheme came into force. Read that way, the clause was upheld as constitutional and the discrimination challenge failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 14 Feb 1978 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=190503