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Definition :

Judicial service, the expression 'judicial service' can be defined as inclusive of a wide variety of offices connected with the administration of justice in one way or the other, Syed T.A. Naoshbandi v. State of J&K, (2003) 9 SCC 592 (604).

The expression 'Judicial service' is defined in Article 236 (b) and it means service consisting exclusively of persons intended to fill the post of district Judge and other civil judicial posts inferior to the post of district judge, State of West Bengal v. Nripendranath Bagchi, AIR 1966 SC 447 (450): (1966) 1 SCR 771.

The expression 'Judicial Service' means a service consisting exclusively of persons intended to fill the post of District Judge and other Civil Judicial posts inferior to the District Judge and the ex-pression 'District Judge' includes among others an Additional District Judge and an Additional Sessions Judge, State of Assam v. Kuseswar Saikia, AIR 1970 SC 1616 (1618): (1969) 3 SCC 505, See also Chandra Mohan v. State of Uttar Pradesh, AIR 1966 SC 1987 (1994).