https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=195451 Article 233(2) refers to the judicial service only, not other government employment, when identifying eligible appointees from "the service". A government law officer who is engaged to act and/or plead in court on behalf of the Government does not cease to be an advocate merely because of full-time government employment, so such service can count toward the advocate qualification. The requirement that a candidate "has been for not less than seven years an advocate" calls for continuous standing as an advocate up to the relevant application date. On that construction, the appellants' eligibility for appointment as Additional District and Sessions Judge was upheld. en-us Mon, 21 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 29 Nov 2017 18:22:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=195451 Article 233(2) refers to the judicial service only, not other government employment, when identifying eligible appointees from "the service". A government law officer who is engaged to act and/or plead in court on behalf of the Government does not cease to be an advocate merely because of full-time government employment, so such service can count toward the advocate qualification. The requirement that a candidate "has been for not less than seven years an advocate" calls for continuous standing as an advocate up to the relevant application date. On that construction, the appellants' eligibility for appointment as Additional District and Sessions Judge was upheld. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 21 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=195451