The Supreme Court has reduced the minimum practice requirement for entry-level judicial service from three years to one, triggering debate over whether courtroom experience can be adequately supplemented by judicial academy training and clerkship. Former Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi said three years of practice should remain mandatory, arguing that young lawyers need time to develop courtroom maturity and learn how to deal with lawyers and litigants. Supreme Court lawyer Vivek Narayan Sharma and Advocate Siddharth Sijoria, however, said the new framework could work if the training and clerkship are rigorous and properly implemented.