Section 52:
Resignation and removal.
(1) The Chairman or any other Member may, by notice in writing
under his hand addressed to the President of India, resign his office:
Provided that the Chairman or any other Member shall, unless he is permitted by the President of
India to relinquish his office sooner, continue to hold office until the expiry of three months from the date
of receipt of such notice or until a person duly appointed as his successor enters upon his office or until
the expiry of his term of office, whichever is the earliest.
(2) The Chairman or any other Member shall not be removed from his office except by an order made
by the President of India on the ground of proved misbehaviour or incapacity after an inquiry made by a
Judge of the Supreme Court in which such Chairman or other Member had been informed of the charges
against him and given a reasonable opportunity of being heard in respect of those charges.
(3) The Central Government may, by rules, regulate the procedure for the investigation of
misbehaviour or incapacity of the Chairman or other Member referred to in sub-section (2).