Appointment and conditions of the office of a Judge of a High Court

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.... Appointments Commission referred to in Article 124-A] and ^1[shall hold office, in the case of an additional or acting Judge, as provided in article 224, and in any other case, until he attains the age of ^3[sixty-two years:]] Provided that- (a) a Judge may, by writing under his hand addressed to the President, resign his office; (b) a Judge may be removed from his office by ....

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....ng which a person has held judicial office in the territory of India, there shall be included any period, after he has held any judicial office, during which the person has been an advocate of a High Court or has held the office of a member of a tribunal or any post, under the Union or a State, requiring special knowledge of law;] ^11[(aa)] in computing the period during which a person has been....

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....f a High Court, the question shall be decided by the President after consultation with the Chief Justice of India and the decision of the President shall be final.]     **************** NOTES;- 1. Substituted vide Article 12 of the Constitution (7th Amendment) Act, 1956 dated 19-10-1956 w.e.f. 01-11-1956, before it was read as,  "shall hold of....

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....ed 18-12-1976, w.e.f. 03-01-1977. 7. Substituted vide Article 36 of the Constitution (42nd Amendment) Act, 1976 dated 18-12-1976, w.e.f. 03-01-1977, before it was read as,  "has held judicial office" 8. Omitted vide Article 28 of the Constitution (44th Amendment) Act, 1978 dated 30-04-1979 w.e.f. 20-06-1979, before it was read as, ....