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I have completed BA LLB and wants to be a Judicial Magistrate. However, I wanted to confirm that is it compulsory to practice as an Advocate to be eligible for becoming a Magistrate?

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I have completed BA LLB and wants to be a Judicial Magistrate. However, I wanted to confirm that is it compulsory to practice as an Advocate to be eligible for becoming a Magistrate?

Judge is the highest and the most respected position in the legal/Judicial system of India. The necessary qualification to become a Judicial Magistrate is minimum five to seven years of practice as an advocate or as a pleader.

So, yes you need to practice as an advocate and then only you will be eligible to become a Judicial Magistrate.