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

      manner provided in clause (4) of article 124 for the removal of a Judge
      of the Supreme Court;
          (c) the office of a Judge shall be vacated by his being appointed by
      the President to be a Judge of the Supreme Court or by his being
      transferred by the President to any other High Court within the territory
      of India.
      (2) A person shall not be qualified for appointment as a Judge of a High
Court unless he is a citizen of India and—
               (a) has for at least ten years held a judicial office in the territory of
      India; or
               (b) has for at least ten years been an advocate of a High Court
      1
        *** or of two or more such Courts in succession.2***
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               2
                 (c)*            *               *   od            *                 *
      Explanation.—For the purposes of this clause—
               3                                aC
                 [(a) in computing the period during which a person has held
      judicial office in the territory of India, there shall be included any period,
                                            di
      after he has held any judicial office, during which the person has been an
                                        In
      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;]
          4
            [(aa)] in computing the period during which a person has been an
      advocate of a High Court, there shall be included any period during
      which the person 5[has held judicial office or the office of a member of a
      tribunal or any post, under the Union or a State, requiring special
      knowledge of law] after he became an advocate;
           (b) in computing the period during which a person has held judicial
       office in the territory of India or been an advocate of a High Court, there
       shall be included any period before the commencement of this


1. The words "in any State specified in the First Schedule" omitted by the Constitution
   (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 29 and Sch. (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
2. The word "or" and sub-clause (c) were ins. by the Constitution (Forty-second
   Amendment) Act, 1976, s. 36 (w.e.f. 3-1-1977) and omitted by the Constitution
   (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978, s. 28 (w.e.f. 20-6-1979).
3. Ins. by the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978, s. 28 (w.e.f. 20-6-1979).
4. Cl. (a) re-lettered as cl. (aa) by the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978,
   s. 28 (w.e.f. 20-6-1979).
5. Subs. by the Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976, s. 36, for "has held
   judicial office" (w.e.f. 3-1-1977).

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