President of India in exercise of the power conferred by clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India, appointed 28 Additional Judges of the Allahabad High Court as permanent Judges of the Allahabad High Court with effect from the date they assume charge of their office.
Appointment of Judges
- Article 217(1) of the Constitution of India says that every Judge of a High Court shall be appointed by the President by warrant under his hand and seal after consultation with the Chief Justice of India, the Governor of the State, and, in the case of appointment of a Judge other than the chief Justice, the chief Justice of the High court, and shall hold office, in the case of an additional or acting Judge, as provided in Article 224, and in any other case, until he attains the age of 62 years .
Additional Judges
- Additional Judges can be appointed by the President under clause (1) of Article 224 of the Constitution. When the need for this arises, the State Government should first obtain the sanction of the Central Government for the creation of such additional posts.
- The President may appoint duly qualified persons to be additional Judges of the Court for such period not exceeding two years as he may specific.
- The procedure for the appointment of Additional Judges is same except that a medical certificate will not be necessary from the person being appointed as an Additional Judge.
Acting Judges
- Acting Judges can be appointed by the President under clause (2) of Article 224 of the Constitution. Such appointments will not, however, be made for periods of less than three months unless there are special reasons for doing so.
- 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, the President may appoint a duly qualified person to act as a Judge of that Court until the permanent Judge has resumed his duties.
- The procedure for the appointment of Additional Judges is same except that a medical certificate will not be necessary from the person being appointed as an Additional Judge.
- No person appointed as an additional or acting Judge of a High Court shall hold office after attaining the age of sixty two years.
