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Article 236

Part VI — The States · Constitution of India

Article 236

Interpretation. In this Chapter— (a) the expression “district judge” includes judge of a city civil court, additional district judge, joint district judge, assistant district judge, chief judge of a small cause court, chief presidency magistrate, additional chief presidency magistrate, sessions judge, additional sessions judge and assistant sessions Judge; (b) the expression “judicial service” means a service consisting exclusively of persons intended to fill the post of district judge and other civil judicial posts inferior to the post of district judge. ​

In plain wordsFor this chapter, the term district judge covers a whole family of posts such as sessions judge, city civil court judge and chief presidency magistrate, and judicial service means the cadre meant to fill district judge and lower civil judicial posts.
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