Constitution of India, 1949
128. Attendance of retired Judges at sittings
of the Supreme Court.-
Notwithstanding anything in this chapter, the
Chief Justice of India may at any time, with the previous consent of the
president, request any person who has held the office of a Judge of the Supreme
Court or of the Federal Court or who has held the office of a Judge of a High
Court and is duly qualified for appointment as a Judge of the Supreme Court to
sit and act as a Judge of the Supreme Court, and every such person so requested
shall, while so sitting and acting, be entitled to such allowances as the
President may by order determine and have all the jurisdiction, powers and
privileges of, but shall not otherwise be deemed to be, a Judge of that Court:
Provided that nothing in this article shall be
deemed to require any such person as aforesaid to sit and act as a Judge of
that Court unless he consents so to do.