8Additional Judges.

(1) When the business pending before any District Judge requires the aid of Additional Judges for its speedy disposal, the State Government may, ¹[having consulted] the High Court ²***, appoint such Additional Judges as may be requisite.
(2) Additional Judges so appointed shall discharge any of the functions of a District Judge which the Disrict Judge may assign to them, and, in the discharge of those functions, they shall exercise the same powers as the District Judge.