The Constitution lays down a rigorous procedure for removal of a judge of a Supreme Court or high court which can be initiated only on grounds of proved misbehaviour or incapacity.
Articles 124 (4) of the Constitution and the provisions of the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968 and corresponding rules deal exhaustively with the whole procedure.
The process to remove a Supreme Court judge is mentioned in Article 124(4) of the Constitution. This process is termed as impeachment.
Article 124(4) of the Constitution says, "A Judge of the Supreme Court shall not be removed from his office except by an order of the President passed after an address by each House of Parliament supported by a majority of the total membership of that House and by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the members of that House present and voting has been presented to the President in the same session for such removal on the ground of proved misbehaviour incapacity."