Union & State Judiciary Of INDIA MCQs Set 9 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (a)

According to Article 124 of the Indian Constitution, every Judge of the Supreme Court shall hold office until he attains the age of sixty-five years.

The same article states that a Judge may, by writing under his hand addressed to the President, resign his office.

Answer: (b)

Administration of justice is the primary function of the judiciary. However, the judiciary performs certain other functions too. These functions may be judicial in character but some of these functions are non-judicial in nature. Firstly, when a dispute is brought before a court, it is the responsibility of the court to ‘determine the facts’ involved.

The usual manner in which the courts determine the facts is through evidence given by the contestants. Once the facts have been established, the court proceeds to decide what law is applicable to a particular controversy or circumstance. Herein the judiciary becomes the interpreter of laws, which is the prime function of the judiciary.

So the major task of the judiciary is to ‘determine’ the facts of laws and to apply them to particular circumstances.

Answer: (b)

High court judge Justice K Kannan was the first judge to have voluntarily made his assets public.

Answer: (d)

Salary is charged on Consolidated Fund of State. But the pension of the High Court judge is given from the Consolidated Fund of India.

Answer: (c)

Judicial review is the power of the Supreme Court to examine the constitutionality of legislative enactments and executive orders of both the central and state governments. On examination, if they are found to be violated of the constitution they can be declared as illegal, unconstitutional, and void by the Supreme Court.

Answer: (c)