India, May 8 -- The Supreme Court on Friday witnessed a rare personal moment from Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, who recounted how a senior high court judge once dissuaded him from joining the judicial service at the very start of his career, telling him instead that "the Bar is waiting for you."

The anecdote unfolded during the hearing of a plea filed by advocate Prerna Gupta, an Advocate-on-Record (AoR) in the Supreme Court, who sought re-evaluation of a paper in the Delhi Judicial Services examination, alleging alteration of marks.

The bench, led by the CJI also comprising Justice Joymalya Bagchi, appeared reluctant to entertain the plea, observing that re-evaluation could ordinarily be permitted only where the governing rules ex...