1.2. Eligibility Criteria for High Court Judges

A person to be appointed as a High Court Judge must fulfill the following criteria:

a. He should be a citizen of India,

b. He should have held a judicial office in territory of India for 10 years, or

c. He should have been an advocate of High Court for at least 10 years (this is similar to the qualification required in case of SC judges too).

Thus, the Constitution does not prescribe a minimum age for appointment as a judge of a high court. However, there’s no provision in the Constitution for appointment of a distinguished jurist as a High Court Judge, unlike that of the Supreme Court.