Competition Refresher Magazine

 page no 29 of competitive refresher says Nativity cannot be a predominant criterion: SC

Competition Refresher Magazine Nativity cannot be the ;43 predomi-nant criterion for — allotment of judicial officers between Andhra Pradesh and, Telangana, the Supreme Court .held. The judgment by a Bench of Justices A.K. Sikri and Ashok Bhushan was based on the issue of bifurcation of lower judiciary by State-wise strength consequent to the Andhra Pradesh Competition Refresher Reorgnisation Act, 2014. The Telangana Judgesv Association, representing the interests of the lower judiciary of the newly bifurcated State, had moved the Supreme Court against the modified guidelines issued by the Hyderabad High Court to first allot districts in the State to senior judicial officers, who now belonged to the Andhra region. Competition Refresher gk This, the petition, said was causing prejudice to judicial officers natives of Telangana