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Supreme
Court
of
India
came
into
existence
on
26th
January,
1950
and
is
located
on
Tilak
Marg,
New
Delhi.
On
the
28th
of
January,
1950,
two
days
after
India
became
a
Sovereign
Democratic
Republic,
the
Supreme
Court
came
into
being.
The
inauguration
took
place
in
the
Chamber
of
Princes
in
the
Parliament
building
which
also
housed
India's
Parliament,
consisting
of
the
Council
of
States
and
the
House
of
the
People.
It
was
here,
in
this
Chamber
of
Princes,
that
the
Federal
Court
of
India
had
sat
for
12
years
between
1937
and
1950.
This
was
to
be
the
home
of
the
Supreme
Court
for
years
that
were
to
follow
until
the
Supreme
Court
acquired
its
own
present
premises.
The
inaugural
proceedings
were
simple
but
impressive.
Taking
care
to
ensure
that
the
Rules
of
the
Supreme
Court
were
published
and
the
names
of
all
the
Advocates
and
agents
of
the
Federal
Court
were
brought
on
the
rolls
of
the
Supreme
Court,
the
inaugural
proceedings
were
over
and
put
under
part
of
the
record
of
the
Supreme
Court.
After
its
inauguration
on
January
28,
1950,
the
Supreme
Court
commenced
its
sittings
in
a
part
of
the
Parliament
House.
The
Court
moved
into
the
present
building
in
1958.
The
building
is
shaped
to
project
the
image
of
scales
of
justice.
The
Central
Wing
of
the
building
is
the
Centre
Beam
of
the
Scales.
In
1979,
two
New
Wings
-
the
East
Wing
and
the
West
Wing
-
were
added
to
the
complex.
In
all
there
are
15
Court
Rooms
in
the
various
wings
of
the
building.
The
Chief
Justice's
Court
is
the
largest
of
the
Courts
located
in
the
Centre
of
the
Central
Wing.
The
original
Constitution
of
1950
envisaged
a
Supreme
Court
with
a
Chief
Justice
and
7
puisne
Judges
-
leaving
it
to
Parliament
to
increase
this
number.
In
the
early
years,
all
the
Judges
of
the
Supreme
Court
sat
together
to
hear
the
cases
presented
before
them.
We
Supreme
Court
Judges
retire
upon
attaining
the
age
of
65
years.
In
order
to
be
appointed
as
a
Judge
of
the
Supreme
Court,
a
person
must
be
a
citizen
of
India
and
must
have
been,
for
atleast
five
years,
a
Judge
of
a
High
Court
or
of
two
or
more
such
Courts
in
succession,
or
an
Advocate
of
a
High
Court
or
of
two
or
more
such
Courts
in
succession
for
at
least
10
years
or
he
must
be,
in
the
opinion
of
the
President,
a
distinguished
jurist.
Provisions
exist
for
the
appointment
of
a
Judge
of
a
High
Court
as
an
Ad-hoc
Judge
of
the
Supreme
Court
and
for
retired
Judges
of
the
Supreme
Court
or
High
Courts
to
sit
and
act
as
Judges
of
that
Court.
The
Constitution
seeks
to
ensure
the
independence
of
Supreme
Court
Judges
in
various
ways.
A
Judge
of
the
Supreme
Court
cannot
be
removed
from
office
except
by
an
order
of
the
President
passed
after
an
address
in
each
House
of
Parliament
supported
by
a
majority
of
the
total
membership
of
that
House
and
by
a
majority
of
not
less
than
two-thirds
of
members
present
and
voting,
and
presented
to
the
President
in
the
same
Session
for
such
removal
on
the
ground
of
proved
misbehaviour
or
incapacity.
A
person
who
has
been
a
Judge
of
the
Supreme
Court
is
debarred
from
practising
in
any
court
of
law
or
before
any
other
authority
in
India.
The
proceedings
of
the
Supreme
Court
are
conducted
in
English
only.
Supreme
Court
Rules,
1966
are
framed
under
Article
145
of
the
Constitution
to
regulate
the
practice
and
procedure
of
the
Supreme
Court.
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