Article 124 of the Constitution says that every judge of the Supreme Court should be appointed by the President9 after consulting the Chief Justice of India (CJI) and other judges of the Supreme Court and high courts. As for the judges of the twenty-one high courts in India, Article 217 says that every high court judge should be appointed by the President after consulting with the CJI, the governor of the relevant state and the chief justice of that high court. The President is empowered to transfer a judge from one high court to another after consulting with the CJI.
