November 2 report from The Print, India's Supreme Court has restarted the constitutional court hearing to seek a systemic solution to the issue of "junior judicial officers finding it difficult to be promoted to high court judges." It is reported that junior judicial officers in India often find it difficult to be promoted to high court judges. District judges are selected from senior civil judges, and senior civil judges are generally promoted from civil judges or directly recruited from the legal profession. However, according to general promotion rules, it usually takes 10 years for a civil judge to be promoted to a senior civil judge, and more than 10 years for a senior civil judge to become a district judge. This means that such officials are often close to retirement before they can obtain the qualification to be a high court judge, making further promotion impossible, leading many judicial officers to choose to leave the judicial system early. In contrast, India's high courts tend to directly recruit judges from the legal profession. Analysts point out that the root cause of the problem lies in limited promotion channels and an imbalanced power structure. To this end, industry professionals have suggested establishing a performance-oriented selection mechanism, increasing the proportion of promotions for grassroots judges, and setting equal quotas for promoted judges and directly recruited judges to attract experienced district judicial officers. India's Supreme Court will continue to hear the case on November 4, led by Chief Justice B.R. Gavai, aiming to develop a long-term, systematic reform plan.
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