Constitution of India, 1949
233-A.Validation of appointments of, and
judgments, etc., delivered by, certain district judges.-
Notwithstanding any judgment, decree or order
of any court,-
(a) i) no appointment of any person already in
the judicial service of a State or of any person who has been for not less than
seven years an advocate or a pleader, to be a district judge in that State, and
ii) no posting,
promotion or transfer of any such person as a district judge, made at any time
before the commencement of the Constitution (Twentieth Amendment) Act, 1966,
otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of Article 233 or Article 235
shall be deemed to be illegal or void or ever to have become illegal or void by
reason only of the fact that such appointment, posting, promotion or transfer
was not made in accordance with the said provisions;
(b) no jurisdiction
exercised, no judgment, decree, sentence or order passed or made, and no other
act or proceeding done or taken, before the commencement of the Constitution
(Twentieth Amendment) Act, 1966 by, or before, any person appointed, posted,
promoted or transferred as a district judge in any State otherwise than in
accordance with the provisions of Article 233 or Article 235 shall be deemed to
be illegal or invalid or ever to have become illegal or invalid by reason only
of the fact that such appointment, posting, promotion or transfer was not made
in accordance with the said provisions.