.
Justice
Va ma
had
o
Ap il
10
esig ed
as
a
judge
of
Allahabad
High
Cou t
a d
had
withd aw
f om
the
i qui y
p oceedi gs
NEW
DELHI:
The e
is
little
cha ce
of
the
Lok
Sabha
co ti ui g
with
Justice
Va ma’s
emoval
motio
despite
the
i qui y
committee
fi di g
the
cha ges
elati g
to
discove y
of
u accou ted
cu e cy
otes
i
his
official
eside tial
p emises
p oved.As
pe
A ticle
217(1)
of
the
Co stitutio ,
a
judge
ceases
to
hold
office
if
he/she
esig s
by
se di g
a
esig atio
lette
w itte
“u de
his
ha d
add essed
to
the
P eside t”.
Justice
Va ma
had
o
Ap il
10
esig ed
as
a
judge
of
Allahabad
High
Cou t
a d
had
withd aw
f om
the
i qui y
p oceedi gs,
fi di g
the
w iti g
o
the
wall.
Joi
co ve satio
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Comme ts
→
Sha e
you
thoughts
i
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espectful
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How
does
a
esig atio
of
a
co stitutio al
cou t
judge
take
effect?
This
questio
was
a swe ed
by
a
five-judge
be ch
of
the
SC
i
the
Gopal
Cha d a
Mis a
case
o
Feb
15,
1978.
It
was
u a imous
that
o ce
the
judge
se ds
his
esig atio
to
the
P eside t,
he/she
is
deemed
to
have
ceased
to
be
a
judge.I
that
case,
the
judge
had
set
a
p ospective
date
fo
his
esig atio
taki g
effect
a d
befo e
the
a ival
of
the
appoi ted
date,
he
had
withd aw
his
esig atio .
SC
had
by
fou
to
o e
majo ity
uled
that
si ce
the
esig atio
was
p ospective,
the
judge
had
eve y
ight
to
withd aw
it
p io
to
the
appoi ted
date.
