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Asked 12 April 2014

Is anyone familiar with procedures in countries other than the United States to remove judges for reasons other than criminal conduct?

In the US federal judges are appointed for life. A student from France asked me about procedures to remove federal judges who may suffer from a mental disability but who have not committed some sort of crime which would warrant removing them from their positions. It's actually a tricky issue in the US (http://uslaw.blogbaker.com/2014/04/05/federal-judges-are-appointed-for-life-what-if-a-ju).
I was wondering about procedures in other countries.
Aman Kumar
Central Building Research Institute
for violation of constitution in India . Judges and Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of India and the state High Courts, can be removed from service only through the process of impeachment under Article 124 (4) of the Constitution on grounds of proven misbehaviour or incapacity. In India, there is no other process by which a Judge can be removed from office before his term comes to an end.