SHWETA CHOWDHERY vs HONBLE HIGH COURT OF DELHI THROUGH ITS REGISTRAR GENERAL

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$~45 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 76/2025 & CM APPL. 248/2025, CM APPL.249/2025 SHWETA CHOWDHERY .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Bhabna Das and Mr. Arpit Kumar Mishra, Advs. versus HONBLE HIGH COURT OF DELHI THROUGH ITS REGISTRAR GENERAL .....Respondent Through: Dr. Amit George, Adv. with Ms. Rupam Jha, Mr. Adhishwar Suri, Ms. Ibansara Syiemlieh, Ms. Medhavi Bhatia, Ms. Suparna Jain, Mr. Dushyant Kaul, Mr. Arkaneil Bhaumik, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 07.01.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. The petitioner aspires to enter the Delhi Higher Judicial Service1. 2. The petitioner is the holder of a BA (Hons) English degree from the University of Delhi, followed by LLB from the Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut. She, thereafter, enrolled as an advocate with the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh on 31 December 2015. She cleared the All India Bar Examination on 21 May 2016 and was issued 1 “DHJS”, hereinafter Signature Not Verified W.P.(C) 76/2025 Page 1 of 11 Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:10.01.2025 12:19:17 a Certificate of Practice. She has, since, been practising before courts at Meerut. 3. During the course of her practice, the petitioner also obtained her LLM degree from the Maharishi University of Information Technology, Lucknow in June 2023. She is presently perusing her Ph.D. in Investment Arbitration from the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University. 4. The petitioner attained the age of 35 on 9 September 2024. 5. On 27 December 2024, a vacancy notice was issued by this Court, inviting online applications from eligible candidates for participating in the Delhi Higher Judicial Service Examination 20242, against the 25% direct recruitment quota. Applications for under