https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=290386 Recruitment rules for the Andhra Judicial Service were construed to mean the Andhra High Court specifically, not any High Court generally. The Court also found that limiting eligibility to advocates practising before the Andhra High Court created an irrational classification because it did not bear a rational nexus to the object of judicial recruitment. Since local legal knowledge and related concerns could be addressed by other means, the restriction violated Articles 14 and 16(1) and was struck down, with the affected applications required to be considered on merits. en-us Wed, 11 Apr 1962 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 23 Sep 2020 16:17:29 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=290386 Recruitment rules for the Andhra Judicial Service were construed to mean the Andhra High Court specifically, not any High Court generally. The Court also found that limiting eligibility to advocates practising before the Andhra High Court created an irrational classification because it did not bear a rational nexus to the object of judicial recruitment. Since local legal knowledge and related concerns could be addressed by other means, the restriction violated Articles 14 and 16(1) and was struck down, with the affected applications required to be considered on merits. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 11 Apr 1962 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=290386