Section 6. Vacancies among District or

6. Vacancies among District or Civil Judge (Senior Division) . - (1) whenever the o f f i c e of a Principal District Judge or Civil Judge (Senior Division) is vacant by reason of the death, resignation or removal of the Judge or other cause, or whenever an (an increase in the number of District or Civil Judge (Senior Division) has been made under the provisions of Section 4), the ( State) Government, or as the case may be, the High Court may fill up the vacancy or appoint the District Judge or Civil Judge (Senior Division). - (2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a State Government from appointing a Principal District Judge or Civil Judge (Senior Division) to discharge for such Principal District Judge or Civil Judge (Senior Division), all or any of the functions of another Principal District Judge or Civil Judge (Senior Division), as the case may be. 7. [Repealed]. 8. District Judges. - (1) When the business pending before any Principal District Judge requires the aid of District Judges for its speedy disposal, the ( State) Government may ( having consulted) with the High Court, appoint such District judges as may be requisite. - (2) District Judges so appointed shall discharge any of the functions of a Principal District Judge which the Principal District Judge may assign to them, and in the discharge of those functions they shall exercise the same powers as the Principal District judge. 9. Administrative control of Courts. Subject to the Superintendence of the High Court the Principal District Judge shall have administrative control over all the Civil Courts under this Act within the local limits of his jurisdiction. 10. Temporary charge of District Courts. - (1) In the event of the death, resignation or the removal of the Principal District Judge, or of his being incapacitated; by illness or otherwise for the performance of his duties, or of his absence from the place at which his Court is held, the District Judge, or, if an District Judge is not present at that place, the senior Civil Judge (Senior Division) present thereat, shall, without relinquishing his ordinary duties, assume charge of the office of the Principal District Judge, and shall continue in-charge there of until the office is resumed by the Principal District Judge or assumed by an officer appointed thereto. - (2) While in charge of the office of the Principal District Judge, the District Judge or Civil Judge (Senior Division), as the case may be, may, subject to any rules which the High Court may make in this behalf, exercise any of the powers of the Principal District Judge. - 11. Transfer of proceedings on vacation of office of Civil Judge (Senior Division). |(1)|In<br>the<br>event|of the|death,|resignation<br>orremovalofa| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Civil Judge|(Senior|Division).<br>or of<br>his<br>being|| ||incapacitated|by|illness<br>or<br>otherwise<br>for<br>the|| ||performance|of his|duties,|or<br>of his<br>absence<br>fromthe| ||placeat<br>which<br>his||Court|isheld,<br>thePrincipalDistrict| ||judge<br>may|,transfer<br>all||or<br>any<br>of theproceedings| ||pending<br>in|the|Court|of<br>the<br>Civil Judge(Senior| ||Division),<br>either<br>to||his<br>own Court<br>or<br>to<br>any<br>Court|| ||underhis|administrative||control<br>competent<br>to| ||dispose them|of.||| |(2)|Proceedings|transferred||under<br>sub-Section<br>(1)| ||shall<br>bedisposed<br>of as<br>if|||they had been instituted<br>in| ||the<br>Courtto|which theyare||sotransferred.| |(3)|Provided<br>that<br>the||Principal District<br>Judge<br>may re-|| ||transfer<br>to|theCourtof the||Civil Judge (SeniorDivision)| ||or hissuccessors any||proceedings<br>transferred<br>under|| ||Sub-section.|(1)<br>to|his|ownor<br>any<br>other<br>Court.| - (4) For the purposes of proceedings which are not pending in the court of the Civil Judge (Senior Division) on the occurrence of an event referred to in sub-section (1), and with respect to which that Court has exclusive jurisdiction, the Principal District judge may exercise all or any of the jurisdictions of that Court. - 12. [Repealed].