Supreme Court Urges P&H High Court to Relax 45% Cut-off for SC Judicial Candidates

The Supreme Court has requested the Punjab and Haryana High Court to "sympathetically consider" relaxing the 45% minimum mark requirement for Scheduled Caste (SC) candidates in the 2024 Civil Judge recruitment.

The Court noted that 30 out of 39 reserved vacancies remain unfilled. The petitioner, Diksha Kalson, missed the qualifying mark by just 1.9 points.

While the Court found no legal fault with the recruitment rules barring re-evaluation, it granted liberty to the petitioner to represent her case administratively.

The Court emphasized that such relaxation should be considered to address the significant vacancy gap in the reserved category.

[Diksha Kalson v. State of Haryana & Ors.]