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India
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Bangladesh
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China
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Nepal
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Detailed explanation-1: -Bangladesh is introducing a law with provision to impeach Supreme Court judges if allegation of misconduct or incapacity is proved.
Detailed explanation-2: -1. A Judge of the Supreme Court shall not be removed from his office except by an order of the Parliament. 2. Supreme Court Judges can be removed from the office on grounds of proved misbehaviour or incapacity.
Detailed explanation-3: -Article 217 in The Constitution Of India 1949.
Detailed explanation-4: -Ramaswami J was the first judge against whom impeachment proceedings were initiated. In 1993, the motion was brought up in Lok Sabha but failed to secure the required two-thirds majority. Soumitra Sen J of the Calcutta High Court resigned in 2011 after the Rajya Sabha passed an impeachment motion against him.
Detailed explanation-5: -Ramaswami. Veeraswami Ramaswami was a judge of the Supreme Court of India and the first judge against whom removal proceedings were initiated in independent India.