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

and, until provision in that behalf is so made, such salaries as are specified in
the Second Schedule.]
       (2) Every Judge shall be entitled to such allowances and to such rights in
respect of leave of absence and pension as may from time to time be
determined by or under law made by Parliament and, until so determined, to
such allowances and rights as are specified in the Second Schedule:
       Provided that neither the allowances of a Judge nor his rights in respect
to leave of absence or pension shall be varied to his disadvantage after his
appointment.
       222. Transfer of a Judge from one High Court to another.—(1) The
President may, 1[on the recommendation of the National Judicial Appointments
Commission referred to in article 124A], transfer a Judge from one High Court
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to any other High Court 2***.                      od
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         [(2) When a Judge has been or is so transferred, he shall, during the
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period he serves, after the commencement of the Constitution (Fifteenth
Amendment) Act, 1963, as a Judge of the other High Court, be entitled to
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receive in addition to his salary such compensatory allowance as may be
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determined by Parliament by law and, until so determined, such compensatory
allowance as the President may by order fix.]
       223. Appointment of acting Chief Justice.—When the office of Chief
Justice of a High Court is vacant or when any such Chief Justice is, by reason
of absence or otherwise, unable to perform the duties of his office, the duties of
the office shall be performed by such one of the other Judges of the Court as
the President may appoint for the purpose.
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         [224. Appointment of additional and acting Judges.—(1) If by
reason of any temporary increase in the business of a High Court or by reason


1. Subs. by the Constitution (Ninety-ninth Amendment) Act, 2014, s. 7, for "after
   consultation with the Chief Justice of India" (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.
2. The words "within the territory of India" omitted by the Constitution (Seventh
   Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 14 (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
3. Ins. by the Constitution (Fifteenth Amendment) Act, 1963, s. 5 (w.e.f. 5-10-1963).
   Original cl. (2) was omitted by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956,
   s. 14 (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
4. Subs. by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 15 for art. 224
   (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).

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