All Indian Judicial Services (AJIS) is a Central Government proposed national level recruitment process to appoint various district level judges in line with All India Administrative Services (IAS) undertaken by the Union Public Services Commission (UPSC).
Out of the 30 High Courts (HCs) in the country, 4 HCs accepted the proposal, 8 HCs opposed to the idea of AJIS, 5 HCs sought changes to the current proposal, and 13 HCs did not respond to the Union Ministry's proposal.
The major concern that was raised by the opposing High Courts is the dilution or erosion of the federal structure. This is a certainly debatable point. And in mature democracies, this is more than welcome.
On the other hand, it also depicts the orthodox approach to the HCs. AJIS system can be formed as a transparent mechanism with proper checks and balances and by overcoming the loopholes of the current administrative services appointment system. This requires a progressive thinking. Further it also depicts the apprehensions of the judicial head-honchos of the political leadership as they know the political machinery in the country are prone to abuse the system.
So , even though its a progressive proposal, it definitely needs a positive mindset to analyse in detail and build a judicial appointment system that would be based on sheer merit.
It will not be easy as you need reforms for reforms like you need plans to make plans.
