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The
High
Court
Division
after
exploring
the
removal mechanism around the globe observed that:
“(a) There are no Commonwealth jurisdiction in
which
the
Executive
has
the
power
to
dismiss a judge. (It is still common for
the
Executive
formally
to
be
revoking
a
responsible
judge’s
for
appointment
after another body has determined that the
Judge should be removed).
(b)
The
Westminster
removal
is
model
the
of
standard
parliamentary
mechanism
of
removal in only 16 jurisdictions (33% of
the total), namely, (Australia (federal),
Bangladesh,
Malawi,
Canada,
Malta,
India,
Maldives,
Kiribati,
Nauru,
New
Zealand, Samoa, Sierra Leone, South Africa,
Sri Lanka, Tuvalu and the United Kingdom.
In
Nigeria
certain
and
Rwanda,
positions
parliamentary
removal,
Judges
are
but
who
hold
subject
to
others
are
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