In appeal to this Court it was contended by the appel lant that the provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 do not apply to a judge of a superior Court as for such prosecution previous sanction of an authority competent to remove a public servant as provided under section 6 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 is imperative and power to remove a Judge is not vested in any single individual authority but is 191 vested in the two Houses of Parliament and the President under Article 124(4) of the Constitution; that the Parlia ment cannot be the sanctioning authority for the purpose of section 6 and if the President is regarded as the authority, he cannot act independently as he exercises his powers by and with the advice of his Council of Ministers and the Execu tive may 'misuse the power by interfering with the judici ary; that section 6 applies only in cases where there is master and servant relationship between the public servant and the authority competent to remove him, and where there is verti cal hierarchy of public offices and the sanctioning authori ty.