Part VI · CHAPTER V.—THE HIGH COURTS IN THE STATES

Article 222 Transfer of a Judge from one High Court to another.

This article lets the President transfer a High Court Judge to another High Court. The transfer comes on the collegium’s recommendation after the Judge is heard. The transfer is a public act and must be published in the Gazette. The Judge carries the office to the new court.

  1. (1) The President may, on the recommendation of the National Judicial Appointments Commission referred to in article 124A, transfer a Judge from one High Court to any other High Court 2***.
  2. (2) When a Judge has been or is so transferred, he shall, during the period he serves, after the commencement of the Constitution (Fifteenth Amendment) Act, 1963, as a Judge of the other High Court, be entitled to receive in addition to his salary such compensatory allowance as may be determined by Parliament by law and, until so determined, such compensatory allowance as the President may by order fix.

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This article lets the President transfer a High Court Judge to another High Court. The transfer comes on the collegium’s recommendation after the Judge is heard. The transfer is a public act and must be published in the Gazette. The Judge carries the office to the new court.

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