{"id":44073,"date":"2016-07-26T08:13:27","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T02:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=44073"},"modified":"2016-07-26T08:13:27","modified_gmt":"2016-07-26T02:43:27","slug":"jkhand-hc-holds-appointment-judicial-magistrate-illegal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/jkhand-hc-holds-appointment-judicial-magistrate-illegal","title":{"rendered":"J\u2019Khand: HC holds appointment of a judicial magistrate illegal"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_44074\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44074\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/j.K-High-court.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"44074\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/jkhand-hc-holds-appointment-judicial-magistrate-illegal\/j-k-high-court-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/j.K-High-court.jpg?fit=800%2C533&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,533\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"j.K High court\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/j.K-High-court.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/j.K-High-court.jpg?fit=640%2C426&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-44074 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/j.K-High-court.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"J\u2019Khand: HC holds appointment of a judicial magistrate illegal\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/j.K-High-court.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/j.K-High-court.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/j.K-High-court.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44074\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">J\u2019Khand: HC holds appointment of a judicial magistrate illegal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jharkhand High Court today held the appointment of one Chanchal Kumar as a Judicial Magistrate illegal for taking benefit of reservation under BC-1 in the interview while he himself had applied for the post in the caste category BC-2.<\/p>\n<p>The High Court also appointed the petitioner in his place as she was the next in the merit list in the said caste category.<br \/>\nThe division bench of Chief Justice Virender Singh and Justice S Chandra Shekhar, while taking up a case filed by petitioner Mosrat Ziya Tata, quashed the appointment of Kumar and appointed the petitioner in his place.<\/p>\n<p>The court also imposed a fine of Rs one lakh on Jharkhand Public Service Commission, which was responsible for the wrong selection of Kumar, who had undergone training as Judicial Magistrate in the Judicial Academy.<br \/>\nAccording to the petitioner, Kumar got appointed as Judicial Magistrate on the certificate of BC-1 at the time of interview while he had himself claimed to be a member of a caste under BC-2 category while applying for the post.<\/p>\n<p>It was alleged that the examination controller of JPSC took him as BC-1 during interview and Kumar was benefitted because of this wrongful act of the JPSC and got appointed as the Judicial Magistrate.<\/p>\n<p>(Source : PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jharkhand High Court today held the appointment of one Chanchal Kumar as a Judicial Magistrate illegal for taking benefit of reservation under BC-1 in the interview while he himself had applied for the post in the caste category BC-2. 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