## CONSTITUTION 127

### CONSTITUTION 127 — Appointment of ad hoc Judges
- https://unisonlegal.in/statutes/constitution/127

> 127. Appointment of ad hoc Judges.-(1) If at any time there should not
be a quorum of the Judges of the Supreme Court available to hold or continue
any session of the Court, 1[the National Judicial Appointments Commission on a
reference made to it by the Chief Justice of India, may with the previous consent
of the President] and after consultation with the Chief Justice of the High Court
concerned, request in writing the attendance at the sittings of the Court, as an ad
hoc Judge, for such period as may be necessary, of a Judge of a High Court duly
qualified for appointment as a Judge of the Supreme Court to be designated by
the Chief Justice of India.
(2) It shall be the duty of the Judge who has been so designated, in priority
to other duties of his office, to attend the sittings of the Supreme Court at the time
and for the period for which his attendance is required, and while so attending he
shall have all the jurisdiction, powers and privileges, and shall discharge the
duties, of a Judge of the Supreme Court.