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affording him with an opportunity of showing cause.
Mr. Attorney General submits that the change has been
made due to the fact that under the Fourth Amendment
the
system
of
the
government
was
changed
and
a
presidential form of government was introduced, and
therefore, the power of removal was given upon the
President. I find fallacy in his submission. In any
event,
this
provision
for
removal
of
Judges
was
changed in the Fifth Amendment providing a mechanism
of Supreme Judicial Council and it has been retained
in
the
learned
Fifteenth
Amendment.
Attorney
General
Fifteenth
Amendment
the
In
this
submits
connection,
that
Parliament
in
would
the
have
restored the original provision but as the amendment
was made hastily, it was totally overlooked by the
Law Minister. He further submitted that there was no
discussion
about
retaining
clauses
(2)
to
(7)
of
article 96 in the Fifteenth Amendment, and therefore,
it cannot be said that in the Fifteenth Amendment,
the
Supreme
Judicial
Council
retained by the Parliament.
mechanism
has
been
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