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Consider the following statements:

1. A person who has held office as a permanent Judge of a High Court cannot plead or act in any court or before any authority in India except the Supreme Court

2. A person is not qualified for appointment as a Judge of High Court in India unless he has for at five years held a judicial office in the territory of India.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

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Explanation:

First statement is incorrect as Article 220 says that "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"

So, after retirement from the office, a permanent Judge of a High Court can plead or act in any court or before any authority in India, except in High Court in which he served in the capacity of Judge.ct.

Second statement is also incorrect as for appointment as a judge of a High Court the person must be an Indian citizen who has worked as a judge in any court in India for a period not less than ten years. Advocates with a ten year standing in any High Court are also eligible besides jurists whom the President of India may consider as eminent