Appointment of additional and acting judges: President may temporarily fill High Court vacancies to address workload or absences. Mechanism for temporary augmentation and acting appointments: the President may appoint duly qualified persons as additional or acting Judges to High Courts to address increased business, arrears, or temporary inability of a sitting Judge to perform duties; such appointments are subject to qualification requirements, a prescribed limited tenure, and an upper age ceiling.
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Appointment of additional and acting judges: President may temporarily fill High Court vacancies to address workload or absences.
Mechanism for temporary augmentation and acting appointments: the President may appoint duly qualified persons as additional or acting Judges to High Courts to address increased business, arrears, or temporary inability of a sitting Judge to perform duties; such appointments are subject to qualification requirements, a prescribed limited tenure, and an upper age ceiling.
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