212. Courts not to inquire into proceedings of the Legislature. (1) The validity of any proceedings in the Legislature of a State shall not be called in question on the ground of any alleged irregularity of procedure. (2) No officer or member of the Legislature of a State in whomKEEP READING
CHAPTER IV – LEGISLATIVE POWER OF THE GOVERNOR 213. Power of Governor to promulgate Ordinances during recess of Legislature. (1) If at any time, except when the Legislative Assembly of a State is in session, or where there is a Legislative Council in a State, except when both Houses ofKEEP READING
CHAPTER V – THE HIGH COURTS IN THE STATES 214. High Courts for States. There shall be a High Court for each State. Read Constitution of India in a systematic way. Download Constitution of India PDF.KEEP READING
215. High Courts to be courts of record. Every High Court shall be a court of record and shall have all the powers of such a court including the power to punish for contempt of itself. Read Constitution of India in a systematic way. Download Constitution of India PDF.KEEP READING
216. Constitution of High Courts. Every High Court shall consist of a Chief Justice and such other Judges as the President may from time to time deem it necessary to appoint. Read Constitution of India in a systematic way. Download Constitution of India PDF.KEEP READING
217. Appointment and conditions of the office of a Judge of a High Court. (1) Every Judge of a High Court shall be appointed by the President by warrant under his hand and seal on the recommendation of the National Judicial Appointments Commission referred to in article 124A*, and shallKEEP READING
218. Application of certain provisions relating to Supreme Court to High Courts. The provisions of clauses (4) and (5) of article 124 shall apply in relation to a High Court as they apply in relation to the Supreme Court with the substitution of references to the High Court for referencesKEEP READING
219. Oath or affirmation by Judges of High Courts. Every person appointed to be a Judge of a High Court shall, before he enters upon his office, make and subscribe before the Governor of the State, or some person appointed in that behalf by him, an oath or affirmation accordingKEEP READING
220. Restriction on practice after being a permanent Judge. No person who, after the commencement of this Constitution, has held office as a permanent Judge of a High Court shall plead or act in any court or before any authority in India except the Supreme Court and the other HighKEEP READING
221. Salaries, etc, of Judges. (1) There shall be paid to the Judges of each High Court such salaries as may be determined by Parliament by law and, until provision in that behalf is so made, such salaries as are specified in the Second Schedule. (2) Every Judge shall beKEEP READING
222. Transfer of a Judge from one High Court to another. (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) When a Judge has been or is soKEEP READING
223. Appointment of acting Chief Justice. When the office of Chief Justice of a High Court is vacant or when any such Chief Justice is, by reason of absence or otherwise, unable to perform the duties of his office, the duties of the office shall be performed by such oneKEEP READING
224. Appointment of additional and acting Judges. (1) If by reason of any temporary increase in the business of a High Court or by reason of arrears of work therein, it appears to the President that the number of the Judges of that Court should be for the time beingKEEP READING
224A. Appointment of retired Judges at sittings of High Courts. Notwithstanding anything in this Chapter, the National Judicial Appointments Commission on a reference made to it by the Chief Justice of a High Court for any State, may with the previous consent of the President*, request any person who hasKEEP READING
225. Jurisdiction of existing High Courts. Subject to the provisions of this Constitution and to the provisions of any law of the appropriate Legislature made by virtue of powers conferred on that Legislature by this Constitution, the jurisdiction of, and the law administered in, any existing High Court, and theKEEP READING
226. Power of High Courts to issue certain writs. (1) Notwithstanding anything in article 32 every High Court shall have power, throughout the territories in relation to which it exercises jurisdiction, to issue to any person or authority, including in appropriate cases, any Government, within those territories directions, orders orKEEP READING
