## CONSTITUTION 233

### CONSTITUTION 233 — Appointment of district judges
- https://unisonlegal.in/statutes/constitution/233

> 233. Appointment of district judges.-(1) Appointments of persons to

1. Sub-clause (a) was omitted by the Constitution (Ninety-ninth Amendment) Act, 2014,
s. 10 (w.e.f. 13-4-2015). This amendment has been struck down by the Supreme Court
vide its order the 16-10-2015 in the Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association
and Another Vs. Union of India reported AIR 2016 SC 117. Before amendment,
sub-clause (a) was as under:-
"(a) the reference in article 217 to the Governor of the State shall be construed as
reference to the Governors of all the States in relation to which the High Court exercises
jurisdiction".
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be, and the posting and promotion of, district judges in any State shall be made
by the Governor of the State in consultation with the High Court exercising
jurisdiction in relation to such State.
(2) A person not already in the service of the Union or of the State shall
only be eligible to be appointed a district judge if he has been for not less than
seven years an advocate or a pleader and is recommended by the High Court for
appointment.