Union & State Judiciary Of INDIA MCQs Set 3 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (b)

Article 71 of the Constitution of India, 1950, provides that all doubts and disputes relating to the election of a President or Vice-President are required to be inquired into and decided by the Supreme Court.

Answer: (d)

Every Judge of a High Court shall be appointed by the President by warrant under his hand and seal after consultation with the Chief Justice of India, the Governor of the State, and, in the case of appointment of a Judge other than the Chief Justice, the Chief Justice of the High court, and shall hold office, in the case of an additional or acting Judge, as provided in Article 224, and in any other case, until he attains the age of sixty-two years Provided various provisions.

Answer: (c)

Answer: (d)

The Union cabinet had approved a proposal for introduction of the Bill in Parliament by making an amendment of the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Act, 1956 for increase in the number of judges in the Supreme Court to augment the strength of the Supreme Court Judges, excluding the Chief Justice of Indian, from 25 to 30.The increase in the number of judges will allow Supreme Court to function more efficiently and effectively towards attaining the ultimate goal of rendering speedy justice to the litigant public.

Answer: (b)

Answer: (a)

As originally enacted, the Constitution of India provided for a Supreme Court with a Chief Justice and seven lower-ranking Judges – leaving it to the Indian Parliament to increase this number.

In the early years, a full bench of the Supreme Court sat together to hear the cases presented before them. As the work of the Court increased and cases began to accumulate, Parliament increased the number of Judges from the original eight in 1950 to eleven in 1956, fourteen in 1960, eighteen in 1978, twenty-six in 1986 and thirty-one in 2008.

As the number of judges has increased, they have sat in smaller Benches of two or three (referred to as a Division Bench) – coming together in larger Benches of five or more (referred to as Constitutional Bench) only when required to settle fundamental questions of law.