Describe Supreme court with following Points. a) Composition b) Qualifications of Judges c) Tenure and Removal from Office.
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A judge of the supreme court or High court is removed by the Process of impeachment. The President is authorised to remove the judge from his office only after an address by the Parliament has been presented to him in the same session for such removal. The address must be supported by a special majority of each house of the Parliament. (Majority of the total membership of that House and a majority of not less than two-thirds of the member of that House present and voting).
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Eligibility of a judge of the Supreme Court
a judge of one high court or more (continuously), for at least five years,
an advocate there, for at least ten years,
a distinguished jurist, in the opinion of the president, power conferred by clause 2 of article 124 of the Constitution of India.