Transfer Article for High Court Judges
The transfer of a Judge from one High Court to another is a significant administrative action within the Indian judicial system. This provision is explicitly laid out in the Constitution of India.
- The Constitution of India empowers the President of India to transfer a High Court Judge.
- This power is exercised after consulting the Chief Justice of India.
- Article 222 of the Constitution of India specifically deals with the transfer of a Judge from one High Court to any other High Court.
Therefore, the transfer of a Judge from one High Court to another is governed by $\text{Article } 222$.
Important Questions from Judiciary-Supreme Court & High Courts
With reference to India, consider the following statements :
1. Government law officers and legal firms are recognised as advocates, but corporate lawyers and patent attorneys are excluded from recognition as advocates.
2. Bar Councils have the power to lay down the rules relating to legal education and recognition of law colleges.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
Which one of the following statements is not correct?
(a) The Supreme Court of India is a Court of Record.
(b) High Courts in India are Courts of Record.
(c) Subordinate Courts in India are Courts of Record.
(d) All Courts in India are not Courts of Record.Consider the following pairs :
1. Enlargement of Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court: Article 138A of Constitution of India.
2. Conferment on the Supreme Court of powers to issue certain writs : Article 139A of Constitution of India.
3. Civil and judicial authority to act in aid of the Supreme Court : Article 144A of the Constitution of India.
How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?
- Which one of the following judgements is associated with the primacy of the Chief Justice of India and the Collegium of Judges in the appointment and transfer of the higher judiciary?
- The locus standi rule to move the court was liberalized by the case of:
