Constitution Section 222 — Transfer of a Judge from one High Court to another

Part VI — THE STATES — CHAPTER V.—THE HIGH COURTS IN THE STATES

Constitutional

Summary

The President can move a judge from one High Court to another, but only if the National Judicial Appointments Commission recommends it. If a judge is transferred, they will get extra pay, called a compensatory allowance, on top of their regular salary for the time they serve in the new High Court. The amount of this allowance is decided by Parliament through a law, or if no such law exists yet, the President can set the amount by an order.

Official Text

(1) The President may, on the recommendation of the National Judicial Appointments Commission referred to in article 124A, transfer a Judge from one High Court to any other High Court .

(2) When a Judge has been or is so transferred, he shall, during the period he serves, after the commencement of the Constitution (Fifteenth Amendment) Act, 1963, as a Judge of the other High Court, be entitled to receive in addition to his salary such compensatory allowance as may be determined by Parliament by law and, until so determined, such compensatory allowance as the President may by order fix.