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How are the judges of the supreme court and high courts appointed and remove |
| Answer» According to article 124(2) a president can appoint or remove the judges of supreme court or high court. They are appointed by president on the advice of prime minister and in consultation of the chief justice of supreme court.Their remove removal process is well defined in article 124.The constitution provides that a judge can be removed only by the order of president . The procedure for removal of judge is elaborated in the judge enquiry act 1968 .* Under the act,an impeachment motion may originate in either of the house of the parliament. To initiate proceedig 1) at least 100 members of lok sabha or 59 members of rajya sabha should give the removal motion to speaker or chairman .2)Speaker or chairman may admit the motion or may refuse to admit the same.3) If it is admitted than speaker or chairman constitutes a three members commitee to investigate the alligation charged against the judge which contains the chief justice or senior most judge of supreme Court,chief justice of high court and a prominent jurist .4) If the committee finds the allegation true than committe submits it\'s report to the house and the matter takes up for the discussion where it has been originally introduced .5) Irrespective of which house introduced the motion , it should be passed by both the houses of the parliament with special majority (at least 2/3 of the members present or voting)6) The passed motion is addressed to the president for the removal of the judge .7) Finally the president passes an order removing the judge and the judge is removed from the date of the assent of the president | |