Seven States, including BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh, have opposed the formation of an all-India judicial service, a 60-year-old proposal which has received a fresh push from the Modi Government. Another BJP-ruled State, Maharashtra, wants recruitment for the all-India judicial service (AIJS) to be done in a particular manner which the law Ministry feels is “not in consonance” with the provisions of the service included in the Constitution. According to a law Ministry note on AIJS circulated to members of a Parliamentary Consultative Committee attached with the Ministry, the Governments of Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Manipur, Odisha and Uttarakhand want major changes in the proposal formulated by the Centre. “State Governments of Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Punjab do not favour formation of AIJS. The Maharashtra Government wants recruitment to be done at judicial magistrate (first class) level which is not in consonance with the provisions of AIJS included in the Constitution,” it said. Besides these 13 States, “no response” has been received from the rest, the note States.