234. A person shall not be qualified for appointment as a Judge of the Supreme Court or any High Court unless he possesses a high legal qualification and has either:
(a) been for at least ten years an advocate of a High Court or the Supreme Court or two or more such Courts in succession; or
(b) held for at least seven years a judicial office (in the post of a Judge of a High Court for the appointment of a Judge of the Supreme Court and that of a District or Sessions Judge for the appointment of the Judge of a High Court. ) Explanation : For the purpose of this Clause(a) in computing the period during which a person has been an advocate of a High Court or the Supreme Court there shall be included any period during which a person held judicial office after he became an advocate in computing the period during which a person has held judicial office there shall be included any period during which he has been an advocate of any High Court, the Federal Court or the Supreme Court.