modifications apply to the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman of the
Industrial Relations Court.
96. Any person appointed under Article 93 to act as a judge of the
Supreme Court shall continue to act for the period of that person's
appointment or, if no such period is specified, until such appointment is
revoked by the President:
Acting Judge of
Supreme Court or
of High Court to
act or hold office
until appointment
expires or is
revoked
Provided that the President may permit a person whose appointment to
act as a judge of the Supreme Court has expired or been revoked to
continue to act for such period as may be necessary to enable that person
to deliver judgement or to do any other thing in relation to proceedings
that were commenced before such person.
Qualifications for
97. (1) Subject to clause (2), a person shall not be qualified for
appointment as
appointment as a judge of the Supreme Court, a puisne judge or
Chairman or Deputy Chairman of the Industrial Relations Court unless- Supreme Court
Judge, Puisne
Judge, Chairman
and Deputy
Chairman of
Industrial
Relations Court
(a)
he holds or has held high judicial office; or
(b)
he holds one of the specified qualifications and has held one or
other of the following qualifications-
(i)
in the case of a Supreme Court Judge, for a total period of not
less than fifteen years; or
(ii)
in the case of a puisne judge, the Chairman and Deputy
Chairman of the Industrial Relations Court, for a total period of not less
than ten years.
(2) Where the President or the Judicial Service Commission, as the case
may be, is satisfied that, by reason of special circumstances, a person
who holds one of the specified qualifications is worthy, capable and
suitable to be appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court, a puisne judge
or Chairman or Deputy Chairman of the Industrial Relations Court,