The Calcutta Weekly Notes February 18 1952

The framers of the Constitution in fixing the age of retirement at sixty and in enac ing the article of prohibition were obviously gnided by several cosiderations. [...] The Chief Justice of a High Court may at any time with the previous consent of the President rquest any person who has held the (:ffice of a Judge to sit and act as a Judge of the High Court. [...] Section 28 of that Act provided that ecept in cases of treason the evidence of one witness if believed would be sufficient proof of a fact and added— "But this provision shall not affect any rule or practice of any Court that requires corroborative evidence in suport of the testimony of an accomplice or of a single witness in the case of pejury". [...] The opinion is merely in the nature of an information placed before the Revising Authorities; and is not intended to influence their judgment in deciding individual cases." The circulation of the legal opinion gave rise to divergence of opinion among the Revising Authorities some of whom admitted new claims and certain others refused to entertain claims of those who did not apply before the publ [...] Elucidation of the law on the subject is deemed necevary in view uf such divergence of opinion and corflict of decision on the question 'whether pesons eligible for inclusion in the EletorAl Roll for any constituercy of the Corporalon of Calcutta by virtue of the qualifica'ions specified in clause (b) (To be continued.) 40"