The Bombay High Court has rejected a plea to block the recruitment of Maharashtra district judges, allowing the June 27-28 main examination.

The Bombay High Court on Friday rejected a plea challenging the recruitment of 89 judges in Maharashtra, paving the way for the written examination scheduled for June 27 and 28.The petition was filed by eight attorneys who wrote the first examination held on May 10, 2026. They failed to obtain the qualifying marks and were declared unsuccessful. They wanted to stop the announcement of the military recruitment and the results of the preliminary exam that was announced on May 14. They also asked the court to stop the main written exam.The petitioners said that the recruitment process is being conducted with the help of the Maharashtra Judicial Service Rules, 2008, which were not officially notified when the advertisement was released on January 30. They said that candidates should be evaluated according to the laws that were in place at that time and that using laws that were not notified is a violation of the law. They also said that candidates should not suffer because of the delay in publishing the amended rules.A Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Ravindra V Ghuge and Justice Gautam A. Ankhad rejected these arguments. The court said that the recruitment process is in line with the decision of the Supreme Court Constitutional Bench in the case of Rejanish KV v. K Deepa & Ors., which held that the existing laws inconsistent with its decision are no longer applicable.The board observed that the recruitment advertisement informed the candidates that the election would be governed by the amended Maharashtra Judicial Service Rules, 2008, though the amendments were notified later. The amendments were already approved by the Bombay High Court Bench in January 2026 following the Supreme Court’s decision.The court also noted that the plaintiffs did not require copies of the approved amendments or objections to the advertisements prior to their initial appearance.The Supreme Court held that the petitioners have failed to establish arbitrary, illegal or violation of labor regulations in the recruitment process. It dismissed the petition, allowing the recruitment of district judges to proceed as planned.