IndiaIN

Article 219 — Every person appointed to be a Judge of a High

Article
219
Chapter
CHAPTER V.—T HE HIGH COURTS IN THE STATES
Index row title
Every person appointed to be a Judge of a High
Source document
India Constitution
Provision ID
cf53b482-9d26-4e4c-9c30-7ce68ad7337d

120 words

Verbatim text

Court 1*** shall, before he enters upon his office, make and subscribe before the Governor of the State, or someperson appointed in that behalf by him, an oath oraffirmation according to the form set out for the purposein the Third Schedule. 2[220. 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 anyauthority in India except the Supreme Court and theother High Courts. Explanation. —In this article, the expression “High Court” does not include a High Court for a State specifiedin Part B of the First Schedule as it existed before the commencement 3 of the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956.]

What this means

  • The index files this text under article 219 of the Constitution of India.
  • The index files it under the chapter heading “CHAPTER V.—T HE HIGH COURTS IN THE STATES”.
  • The row is titled “Every person appointed to be a Judge of a High”.
  • The passage runs to about 120 words.

No rights vocabulary from our fixed word list appears in this passage, so no plain-language reading is offered for it.

This is a mechanical reading aid generated from the text above by matching words in it. It is not legal advice, not a lawyer’s interpretation, and not a substitute for the provision itself.

How to cite this

Constitution of India, article 219 (“Every person appointed to be a Judge of a High”), Portable Lawyer, https://www.portablelawyer.app/provision/cf53b482-9d26-4e4c-9c30-7ce68ad7337d (accessed 25 October 2026).

Canonical URL: https://www.portablelawyer.app/provision/cf53b482-9d26-4e4c-9c30-7ce68ad7337d

Accessed 25 October 2026.

Link to the canonical URL above, not to a #section-… fragment on the jurisdiction page — the fragment is a scroll position, this URL is the provision.

Machine-readable versions