(2) A Judge of the Supreme Court, High Court, Chairman or Deputy
Chairman of the Industrial Relations Court may be removed from office
only for inability to perform the functions of office, whether arising
from infirmity of body or mind, incompetence or misbehavior and shall
not be so removed except in accordance with the provision of this
Article.
(3) If the President considers that the question of removing a judge of
the Supreme Court or of the High Court under this Article ought to be
investigated, then(a)
he shall appoint a tribunal which shall consist of a Chairman and
not less than two other members, who hold or have held high
judicial office;
(b)
the tribunal shall inquire into the matter and report on the facts
thereof to the President and advise the President whether the
judge ought to be removed from office under this Article for
inability as aforesaid or for misbehaviour.
(4) Where a tribunal appointed under clause (3) advises the President
that a judge of the Supreme Court or of the High Court ought to be
removed from office for inability, or incompetence or for misbehaviour,
the President shall remove such judge from office.
(5) If the question of removing a judge of the Supreme Court or of the
High Court from office has been referred to a tribunal under clause (3),
the President may suspend the judge from performing the functions of
his office, and any such suspension may at any time be revoked by the
President and shall in any case cease to have effect if the tribunal advises
the President that the judge ought to be removed from office.
(6) The provisions of this Article shall be without prejudice to the
provisions of Article 96.
99. A judge of the Supreme Court or of the High Court shall not enter Oaths to be taken
by Judge
upon the duties of his office unless he has taken and subscribed to the
oath of allegiance and such oath for the due execution of his office as
may be prescribed by or under an Act of Parliament: