LD: It was not me actually. I hadn’t thought of applying. But my daughter, Pallavi Divekar (Partner at Divekar & Co law firm) forced me to apply. She was more ambitious for me. It took five years for the results to come out. Mine was the 50th application! I hadn’t decided though.
But you do not get selected merely because you applied. The High Court Collegium sees your track record, how many judgments are reported (I think there is a minimum fixed number) how many principles of law you have contributed to. One is supposed to teach in law colleges.
I didn’t have papers, but I used to take workshops, more like training under the Mathadi board enactments, for its implementation. The training would include prosecutors, advisors to the board, to the provident fund commissioners, etc. It used to include training on how they should conduct inspections. Initially, they used to send criminal cases to me for filing. But with training, they could file those complaints themselves. They did not have to go to lawyers.
So after this basic criteria, there is also an interview with the Collegium. I cleared that interview and was selected. And I must add, it feels nice to be rewarded!
Source: Barandbench
