Article 128 of the Constitution of India

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Article 128 of the Constitution of India empowers the Chief Justice of India, with the President’s approval, to request retired Supreme Court judges to sit and act as judges of the Court.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional provision
allows request to retired judges of the Supreme Court to sit and act as judges of the Court
appliesTo Supreme Court of India NERFINISHED
retired judges of the Supreme Court of India
authorityType constitutional authority
beneficiary Supreme Court of India NERFINISHED
judicial system of India
bindingOn Supreme Court of India NERFINISHED
Union of India NERFINISHED
category provision relating to the Supreme Court
chapterTitle The Union Judiciary
condition request must be made by the Chief Justice of India
request must have the previous consent of the President of India
empowers Chief Justice of India NERFINISHED
enables use of retired Supreme Court judges to deal with workload or specific cases
foundIn Chapter IV of Part V of the Constitution of India NERFINISHED
Part V of the Constitution of India NERFINISHED
governs temporary service of retired Supreme Court judges
interpretedBy Supreme Court of India NERFINISHED
language English
legalEffect permits temporary augmentation of the Supreme Court’s bench strength
legalNature mandatory procedural framework for calling retired judges
legalSystem common law system of India
locatedInJurisdiction India NERFINISHED
partOf Constitution of India NERFINISHED
purpose to enable retired Supreme Court judges to sit and act as judges of the Supreme Court
relatedConcept ad hoc judges of the Supreme Court of India
relatedTo Article 124 of the Constitution of India
Article 127 of the Constitution of India
requires consent of the retired judge to sit and act as judge
requiresApprovalFrom President of India NERFINISHED
scope retired Supreme Court judges sitting and acting as judges of the Supreme Court
subjectMatter appointment of retired Supreme Court judges as ad hoc judges

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Part V, Chapter IV of the Constitution of India containsArticle Article 128 of the Constitution of India