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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

SC relaxes 3-year mandatory law practice norm to one year for entry level judicial exam

New Delhi, In a major relief to law graduates, the Supreme Court on Friday reduced to a year the earlier mandatory requirement of three-year legal practice for them to take entry level judicial service examination.

However, the selected candidates will have to undergo training at the judicial academy and a further one-year clerkship, a bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices A G Masih and K Vinod Chandran said in a split decision of 2:1.

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