(1) The Government may, if satisfied after consultation with the High Court that the state of business pending before any Court so requires, appoint in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 3 one or more Additional Judges to that Court for such period as it may deem necessary.
(2) When more than one Judge is appointed to a Court, one of the Judges shall be appointed the Principal Judge of that Court.
(3) Each of the Judges appointed to a Court may exercise all or any of the powers conferred on that Court by this Act or any other law for the time being in force.
(4) The Principal Judge of every Court may, from time to time, make such arrangements as he thinks fit for the distribution of the business of the Court among the various Judges thereof:
Provided that the District Judge, or the Principal District Judge, if there is more than one District Judge, may give such general or special direction in regard to the distribution of work in the courts of Subordinate Judge and Munsif.
Explanation. – In this section, unless the context otherwise requires, the expression ‘judge’ includes a Subordinate Judge and Munsif.
* Substituted vide Act No.9 of 1986 w.e.f 26-6-1986.
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