The apex court was of the view that there should be minimum qualification marks for being a judge. “For selecting a judge, there has to be a minimum qualification. The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a petition challenging 45 per cent as the qualification marks for Scheduled Caste (SC) candidates in the Haryana Judicial Service Examination. The NGO had challenged the Punjab and Haryana High Court decision to keep 45 per cent as the qualification marks for SC candidates which was also for Backward Caste candidates. It did not accept the submission of an NGO, Volunteers for Social Justice, seeking a lower qualification benchmark for SC candidates.

Source: The Hindu July 25, 2016 19:07 UTC