§ SIR WILLIAM WEDDERBURNI beg to ask the Secretary of State for India whether Mr. Justice S. Subramana Iyer has been appointed to officiate as Chief Justice of Madras; and, whether there is any legal objection to such appointment being confirmed.
§ LORD G. HAMILTONMy answer to the first question is in the affirmative. As regards the second question, I am advised that Section 2 of the High Courts Act, 24 and 25 Vict., cap. 104, requires that the person appointed Chief Justice of a High Court (otherwise than in a temporary vacancy under Section 7 of the Act) must be a barrister, a qualification which the officiating Chief Justice does not possess.