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Article 237
Application of the provisions of this Chapter to certain class or classes of magistrates

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Article 237 / Part VI

Application of the provisions of this Chapter to certain class or classes of magistrates

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THE PLAIN-LANGUAGE GUIDE

What does this mean?

The Governor can apply the chapter's judicial-service provisions to specified classes of magistrates, with the stated exceptions or modifications. This provides a constitutional adaptation mechanism.

State Governors, ministers, legislatures, High Courts and the subordinate judiciary.

PURPOSE & CONTEXT

Why is this provision here?

The subordinate judiciary needs a lawful recruitment, interpretation and transition framework rather than uncertain or informal institutional arrangements.

Historical evidence

This Article number belongs to the original constitutional framework, but its present wording may include later amendments or substitutions. A provision-specific original Assembly debate has not been verified here. The explanation of function above is editorial inference from the text, not an attributed single motive of the framers. The original draft-making archive is a research resource, not proof of a particular historical reason.

The explanation of purpose is an editorial reading of the provision. A drafting motive is attributed only where a linked historical source supports it.

Limits, exceptions & reading carefully

Educational summary of the linked source text. Exceptions, provisos, implementing laws and applicable judgments must be read before applying it to a real case.

Read the official constitutional text
237. Application of the provisions of this Chapter to certain class or classes of magistrates.—The Governor may by public notification direct that the foregoing provisions of this Chapter and any rules made thereunder shall with effect from such date as may be fixed by him in that behalf apply in relation to any class or classes of magistrates in the State as they apply in relation to persons appointed to the judicial service of the State subject to such exceptions and modifications as may be specified in the notification. [The States in Part B of the First Schedule].
Source-page notes · may concern neighbouring Articles

* Omitted by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 29 and Sch. (w.e.f. 1-11-1956)

Extracted from the Legislative Department’s May 2026 edition. Page footnotes may refer to neighbouring provisions; check their markers in the PDF. Inclusion in this edition does not by itself establish commencement or judicial effect.