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99                      THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
                                (Part VI.—The States)

                 CHAPTER V.—THE HIGH COURTS IN THE STATES
         214. High Courts for States.—1*** There shall be a High Court for each
State.
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        (2)*                   *                  *              *
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        (3)*                   *                  *              *
       215. High Courts to be courts of record.—Every High Court shall be a
court of record and shall have all the powers of such a court including the
power to punish for contempt of itself.
       216. Constitution of High Courts.—Every High Court shall consist of a
Chief Justice and such other Judges as the President may from time to time
deem it necessary to appoint.
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       217. Appointment and conditions of the office of a Judge of a High
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Court.—(1) Every Judge of a High Court shall be appointed by the President
by warrant under his hand and seal 4[on the recommendation of the National
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Judicial Appointments Commission referred to in article 124A], and the
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Governor of the State, and, in the case of appointment of a Judge other than the
Chief Justice, the Chief Justice of the High Court, 5[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 6[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 the President in the

1. The bracket and figure "(1)" omitted by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act,
   1956, s. 29 and Sch. (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
2. Cls. (2) and (3) omitted by s. 29 and Sch., ibid. (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
3. Proviso omitted by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 11
   (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
4. Subs. by the Constitution (Ninety-ninth Amendment) Act, 2014, s. 6, for "after
   consultation with the Chief Justice of India, the Governor of the State, and, in the case
   of appointment of a Judge other than the Chief Justice, the Chief Justice of the High
   Court" (w.e.f. 13-4-2015). This amendment has been struck down by the Supreme
   Court in the case of Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association and Another Vs.
   Union of India in its judgment dated 16-10-2015, AIR 2016 SC 117.
5. Subs. by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 12, for "shall hold office
   until he attains the age of sixty years" (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
6. Subs. by the Constitution (Fifteenth Amendment) Act, 1963, s. 4(a), for "sixty years"
   (w.e.f. 5-10-1963).

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