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New Delhi: There is a big relief news from the Supreme Court of the country for thousands of young lawyers and law graduates who are dreaming of becoming judges in lower courts. The Supreme Court, amending its earlier decision of May 2025, has reduced the mandatory advocacy experience requirement for the entry-level Judicial Service examination from 3 years to only 1 year. Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justice A.G. Of Christ and Justice. Vinod Chandran's bench gave this decision with a majority of 2-1. The court accepted that suddenly making 3 years of experience mandatory without any transition period had created a big crisis for the youth.

Big decision of Supreme Court

During the hearing, the apex court acknowledged that although it is very important to have practical experience of advocacy to become an efficient judge, but suddenly imposing stringent rules has a negative impact on the career of the youth.

The new order will not only provide ample opportunity for preparation to the fresh law graduates, but will also provide young judicial officers with trained and practical understanding to the judicial system.

By 2027, you will be able to take the exam even without experience

This decision of the Supreme Court has brought great relief with immediate effect. No advocacy experience will be mandatory for the Judicial Services examinations whose notifications will be released between 25 May 2025 and 31 March 2027. That means, during this time period, fresh law graduates will also be able to appear in the examination. Candidates selected without experience will not be directly assigned the post of judge in the court. These newly appointed candidates will have to work as Trainee Judicial Officers for 1 year and will undergo a 1 year Structured Clerkship process.

The court has clarified that the revised rule of 1 year advocacy experience will be fully effective on all examination notifications issued on or after April 1, 2027. It is noteworthy that in May 2025, the apex court had banned the old system of directly becoming a judge and made a minimum practice of 3 years mandatory. The decision on the review petitions filed against this decision was reserved in July 2025, on which now this new relief decision has come.