Multiple choice

Consider the following statements:

  1. A person who has held office as a permanent Judge of a High Court cannot plead or act in any court or before any authority in India except of the Supreme Court.
  2. A person is not qualified for appointment as a Judge of a High Court in India unless he has for at least five years held a judicial office in the territory of India.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. 1 only

  2. 2 only

  3. Both 1 and 2

  4. Neither 1 nor 2
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Statement 1 is incorrect because after retirement, a permanent judge of High Court shall not plead or act in a court or before any authority in India, except the SC and a HC other than the HC in which he had held his office (Act 220). Statement 2 is incorrect as according to Article 217, a person is not qualified for appointment as a judge of a High Court in India unless he has for at least ten years held a judicial office in the territory of India.

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