Article 126:
Appointment of acting Chief Justice.
When the office of Chief Justice of India is
vacant or when the Chief Justice is, by reason of
absence or otherwise, unable to perform the duties
of his office, the duties of the office shall be
performed by such one of the other Judges of the
Court as the President may appoint for the
purpose.
Article 127:
Appointment of ad hoc Judges.
(1) If at any time there should not be a
quorum of the Judges of the Supreme
Court available to hold or continue any
session of the Court, the Chief Justice of
India may, with the previous consent of
the President and after consultation with
the Chief Justice of the High Court concerned,
request in writing the attendance
at the sittings of the Court, as an ad hoc
Judge, for such period as may be necessary,
of a Judge of a High Court duly
qualified for appointment as a Judge of the
Supreme Court to be designated by the
Chief Justice of India.
(2) It shall be the duty of the Judge who has
been so designated, in priority to other
duties of his office, to attend the sittings of
the Supreme Court at the time and for the
period for which his attendance is required,
and while so attending he shall
have all the jurisdiction, powers and privileges,
and shall discharge the duties, of a
Judge of the Supreme Court.
Article 128:
Attendance of retired Judges at sittings of the
Supreme Court.
Notwithstanding anything in this Chapter,
the Chief Justice of India may at any time, with
the previous consent of the President, request any
person who has held the office of a Judge of the
Supreme Court or of the Federal Court 2[or who
has held the office of a Judge of a High Court and
is duly qualified for appointment as a Judge of the
Supreme Court] to sit and act as a Judge of the
Supreme Court, and every such person so requested
shall, while so sitting and acting, be entitled to
such allowances as the President may by order
determine and have all the jurisdiction, powers
and privileges of, but shall not otherwise be
deemed to be, a Judge of that Court:
Provided that nothing in this article shall be
deemed to require any such person as aforesaid
to sit and act as a Judge of that Court unless he
consents so to do.
Article 129:
Supreme Court to be a court of record.
The Supreme Court shall be a court of record
and shall have all the powers of such a court
including the power to punish for contempt of
itself.
Article 130:
Seat of Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court shall sit in Delhi or in such
other place or places, as the Chief Justice of India
may, with the approval of the President, from time
to time, appoint.
Article 131:
Original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.
Subject to the provisions of this Constitution,
the Supreme Court shall, to the exclusion of any
other court, have original jurisdiction in any
dispute-
(a) between the Government of India and one
or more States; or
(b) between the Government of India and any
State or States on one side and one or more
other States on the other; or
(c) between two or more States, if and in so far
as the dispute involves any question (whether
of law or fact) on which the existence or
extent of a legal right depends:
Provided that the said jurisdiction shall not
extend to a dispute arising out of any treaty,
agreement, covenant, engagement, sanad or other
similar instrument which, having been entered
into or executed before the commencement of this
Constitution, continues in operation after such
commencement, or which provides that the said
jurisdiction shall not extend to such a dispute.
