Article 28 - Amendment of Article 217 - Constitution (44th Amendment) Act, 1978

Amendment of Article 217 . 28. In Article 217 of the Constitution, in clause (2), ( a ) in sub-clause ( b ), the word or occurring at the end shall be omitted ; ( b ) sub-clause ( c ) shall be omitted ; ( c ) in the Explanation, clause ( a ) shall be relettered as clause ( aa ) and before clause ( aa ) as so relettered, the following clause shall be inserted , namely: ( a ) in computing the period during which a person has held judicial office in the territory of India, there shall be included any period, after he has held any judicial office, during which the person has been an advocate of a High Court or has held the office of a member of a tribunal or any post, under the Union or a State, requiring special knowledge of law; .