Constitution Section 236 — Interpretation

Part VI — THE STATES — CHAPTER VI.—SUBORDINATE COURTS

Constitutional

Summary

This section defines two terms used in this part of the Constitution. The term "district judge" includes several other judicial positions, such as city civil court judges, additional district judges, sessions judges, and assistant sessions judges. The term "judicial service" refers to a group of people who are meant to fill the posts of district judge and other civil judicial positions that are lower in rank than district judge.

Official Text

In this Chapter—

(a) the expression “district judge” includes judge of a city civil court, additional district judge, joint district judge, assistant district judge, chief judge of a small cause court, chief presidency magistrate, additional chief presidency magistrate, sessions judge, additional sessions judge and assistant sessions Judge;

(b) the expression “judicial service” means a service consisting exclusively of persons intended to fill the post of district judge and other civil judicial posts inferior to the post of district judge.