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Constitution · India · PART VI · CHAPTER V — The High Courts in the States

Article 220 Constitution Restriction on practice after being a permanent Judge

The Constitution of India · Edition: Supplied Law Library page: pocket edition attributed to Legislative Department, as on 10 September 2026; imported 6 November 2026

1[No person who, after the commencement of this Constitution, has held office as a permanent Judge of a High Court shall plead or act in any court or before any authority in India except the Supreme Court and the other High Courts.

Explanation.—In this article, the expression “High Court” does not include a High Court for a State specified in Part B of the First Schedule as it existed before the commencement2of the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956.]

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Judgments on Article 220