Article 127 of the Constitution of India

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Article 127 of the Constitution of India is a constitutional provision that empowers the Chief Justice of India, with the President’s approval, to appoint ad hoc judges to the Supreme Court when its quorum of judges is not available.

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instanceOf constitutional provision ⓘ
aimsTo ensure uninterrupted functioning of the Supreme Court of India ⓘ
allows appointment of a judge of a High Court as an ad hoc judge of the Supreme Court ⓘ
appliesTo Supreme Court of India ⓘ
bindingOn Chief Justice of India ⓘ
President of India ⓘ
Supreme Court of India ⓘ
category provisions relating to the Supreme Court of India ⓘ
concerns quorum of judges of the Supreme Court ⓘ
condition when the quorum of judges of the Supreme Court is not available ⓘ
country India ⓘ
empowers Chief Justice of India ⓘ
grantsPowerTo Chief Justice of India to request a High Court judge to sit and act as a judge of the Supreme Court ⓘ
jurisdictionLevel national ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalEffect enables Supreme Court to function when regular quorum is not met ⓘ
legalSystem Indian constitutional law ⓘ
locatedInChapter Chapter IV of Part V of the Constitution of India ⓘ
locatedInDocument Part V of the Constitution of India ⓘ
partOf Constitution of India ⓘ
purpose appointment of ad hoc judges to the Supreme Court of India ⓘ
relatesTo administration of justice ⓘ
composition of the Supreme Court of India ⓘ
requires consent of the judge to be appointed as ad hoc judge ⓘ
previous consent of the President of India for appointment of ad hoc judges ⓘ
requiresApprovalOf President of India ⓘ
requiresConsultationWith Chief Justice of the High Court concerned ⓘ
subjectMatter temporary increase in the strength of the Supreme Court bench ⓘ
typeOfAppointment temporary ⓘ

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Part V, Chapter IV of the Constitution of India → containsArticle → Article 127 of the Constitution of India ⓘ