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What are the qualifications to become a member of judiciary pointwise

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Answered by tilakopandey
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The person should be a citizen of India; and

(b) He/She should have been for at least five years a Judge of a High Court or of two or more such Courts in succession; or

(c) He/She has been for at least ten years an advocate of a High Court or of two or more such courts in succession; or

(d) He/She is, in the opinion of the President, a distinguished jurist.

There is no minimum age prescribed for being appointed as Judge of a Supreme Court.

Tenure: A person appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court holds office until he attains the age of sixty-five years, provided that

(a) A judge may, by writing under his hand addressed to the President, resign his office prior to attainment of age of sixty-five years; Or

(b) A judge may be removed from his office by an order of the President passed after an address by each House of Parliament supported by a majority of the total membership of that House and by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the members of the House present and voting has been presented to the President in the same session for such removal on the ground of proved misbehaviour or incapacity.



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