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

of arrears of work therein, it appears to the President that the number of the
Judges of that Court should be for the time being increased, 1[the President
may, in consultation with the National Judicial Appointments Commission,
appoint] duly qualified persons to be additional Judges of the Court for such
period not exceeding two years as he may specify.
        (2) When any Judge of a High Court other than the Chief Justice is by
reason of absence or for any other reason unable to perform the duties of his
office or is appointed to act temporarily as Chief Justice, 1[the President may,
in consultation with the National Judicial Appointments Commission, appoint]
a duly qualified person to act as a Judge of that Court until the permanent Judge
has resumed his duties.
        (3) No person appointed as an additional or acting Judge of a High
Court shall hold office after attaining the age of 2[sixty-two years].]
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         [224A. Appointment of retired Judges at sittings of High Courts.—
Notwithstanding anything in this Chapter, 4[the National Judicial Appointments
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Commission on a reference made to it by the Chief Justice of a High Court for
any State, may with the previous consent of the President], request any person
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who has held the office of a Judge of that Court or of any other High Court to
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sit and act as a Judge of the High Court for that State, and every such person so
requested shall, while so sitting and acting, be entitled to such allowances as
the President may by order determine and have all the jurisdiction, powers and
privileges of, but shall not otherwise be deemed to be, a Judge of that High
Court:
       Provided that nothing in this article shall be deemed to require any such
person as aforesaid to sit and act as a Judge of that High Court unless he
consents so to do.]




1. Subs. by the Constitution (Ninety-ninth Amendment) Act, 2014, s. 8, for "the
   President may appoint" (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 Subs. by the Constitution (Fifteenth Amendment) Act, 1963, s. 6, for "sixty years"
   (w.e.f. 5-10-1963).
3. Ins. by s. 7, ibid. (w.e.f. 5-10-1963).
4. Subs. by the Constitution (Ninety-ninth Amendment) Act, 2014, s. 9, for "the Chief
   Justice of a High Court for any State may at any time, with the previous consent of the
   President" (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.

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