Union & State Judiciary of INDIA Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Question : 6

To whom does a Judge of the Supreme Court address his resignation if he wants to leave office before his term is complete?

a) Union Law Minister

b) Chief Justice of India

c) Prime Minister

d) President

Answer: (d)

Question : 7

What does the ‘Judicial Review’ function of the Supreme Court mean?

a) Examine the judicial amendments

b) Examine the constitutional validity of the constitution

c) Review its own judgment

d) Review the functioning of judiciary in the country

Answer: (b)

The ‘judicial review’ function of the Supreme Court means to examine the constitutional validity of laws. Judicial review is the doctrine under which legislative and executive actions are subject to review (and possible invalidation) by the judiciary.

A specific court with judicial review power may annul the acts of the state when it finds them incompatible with a higher authority (such as the terms of a written constitution). Judicial review is an example of checks and balances in a modern governmental system (where the judiciary checks the other branches of government).

Question : 8

With reference to Lok Adalats which of the following statements is correct?

a) None of the statements given above is correct.

b) Every Lok Adalat consist of either serving or retired judicial officers only or not any other person.

c) Lok Adalats have the jurisdiction to settle the matters at pre-litigative stage and not those matters pending before any court.

d) Lok Adalats can deal with matters which are civil and not criminal in nature.

Answer: (a)

Lok Adalat has the jurisdiction to settle, by way of effecting compromise between the parties, any matter which may be pending before any court.

Lok Adalat is a non-adversarial system, whereby mock courts (called Lok Adalats) are held by the State Authority, District Authority, Supreme Court Legal Services Committee, High Court Legal Services Committee, or Taluk Legal Services Committee.

Question : 9

The power of judicial review ensures:

a) justice by the subordinate courts

b) the supremacy of the Supreme Court

c) that Supreme Court can review its own judgements

d) the constitutionality of laws

Answer: (d)

Question : 10

Consider the following statements regarding the High Courts in India:

  1. There are eighteen High Courts in the Country.
  2. Three of them have jurisdiction over more than one state.
  3. No Union territory has a High Court of its own.
  4. Judges of the High court hold office till the age of 62.

a) 4 only

b) 1 and 4

c) 1, 2 and 4

d) 2 and 4

Answer: (d)

The Centre has constituted three new High Courts in the northeast — Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura — taking the total number of High Courts in the country from 21 to 24.

The Constitution allows every judge of a High Court including additional and acting judges to hold office till 62 years. The Constitution (114th Amendment) Bill, 2010 increases the age limit to 65 years.

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