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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968 Section 6

Consideration of Report and Procedure for Presentation of an Address for Removal of Judge

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Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968 Section 6 is part of Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968 - Consideration of Report and Procedure for Presentation of an Address for Removal of Judge. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(1) If the report of the Committee contains a finding that the Judge is not guilty of any misbehaviour or does not suffer from any incapacity, then, no further Steps shall be taken in either House of Parliament in relation to the report and the motion pending in the House or the Houses of Parliament shall not be proceeded with.

(2) If the report of the Committee contains a finding that the Judge is guilty of any misbehaviour or suffers from any incapacity, then, the motion referred to in sub-section (l) of section 3 shall, together with the report of the Committee, be taken up for consideration by the House or the Houses of Parliament in which it is pending.

(3) If the motion is adopted by each House of Parliament in accordance with the provisions of clause (4) of article 124 or, as the case may be, in accordance with that clause read with article 218 of the Constitution, then, the misbehaviour or incapacity of the Judge shall be deemed to have been proved and an address praying for the removal of the Judge shall be presented in the prescribed manner to the President by each House of Parliament in the same session in which the motion has been adopted.

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What does Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968 Section 6 provide?

Section Section 6 of the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968 (Consideration of Report and Procedure for Presentation of an Address for Removal of Judge) is reproduced on this page as part of the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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