Practice as advocate not required for appointment as HC judge

Shri. Satish Chandra, former ITAT Member, was appointed judge of the Allahabad High Court on 6.8.2008. The appointment was challenged on the ground that he had not practiced for even a day as an advocate and that he was not eligible for appointment under Article 217(2) and Article 217(1) of the Constitution. It was also alleged that the mandatory process of consultation under the Constitution had not been followed. It was also alleged that the appointment had been obtained by giving misleading facts about his practice as an advocate amounting to perpetrating fraud. HELD, dismissing the Petitio...