The aforesaid bifurcation under the order of the Executive Government was challenged before the Kerala High Court in the case of M.K. KrisimanNair v. State of Kerala and Ors.,
In the year 1973, on the basis of the order issued by the Government, two separate wings, one on the civil side and the other on the criminal side had been formed.
The Association of the Magistrates belong to the criminal side and two other individual Magistrates, assailed the validity of the aforesaid integration, more particularly, the validity of Sub rule 4 of Rule 3 of the Kerala Judicial Service Rules, 1991.
