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34. The   nature   of   control   of   the   High   Courts   over   the judiciary   again   was   elaborately   considered   by   Constitution Bench of this Court in  State of Bihar and Another Versus Bal Mukund   sah   and   Others,   (2000)   4   SCC   640.   The   Constitution Bench again reiterated that the Judicial independence is the very   essence   and   basic   structure   of   the   Constitution.   In paragraph 34 and 35, following has been held:­ "34.   It   has   also   to   be   kept   in   view   that judicial   independence   is   the   very   essence   and basic   structure   of   the   Constitution.   We   may   also usefully   refer   to   the   latest   decision   of   the Constitution   Bench   of   this   Court   in Registrar(Admn.),   High   Court   of   Orissa   v.   Sisir Kanta   Satapathy   wherein   K.Venkataswami,   J., speaking   for   the   Constitution   Bench,   made   the following pertinent observations in the very first two   paras   regarding   Articles   233   to   235   of   the Constitution of India;
"An   independent   Judiciary   is   one   of   the   basic features   of   the   Constitution   of   the   Republic. Indian   Constitution   has   zealously   guarded independence   of   Judiciary   is   doubtless   a   basic structure of the Constitution but the said concept of independence has to be confined within the four corners   of   the   Constitution   and   cannot   go   beyond the Constitution.” The Constitution Bench in the aforesaid decision also relied upon the observations of this Court in All   India   Judges   Assn.   wherein   on   the   topic   of regulating the service conditions of the Judiciary as permitted by Article 235 read with Article 309, it   had   been   observed   as   under;   (SCC   p.297,   para