With reference to Indian judiciary, consider the following statements: 1. Any retired judge of the Supreme…
With reference to Indian judiciary, consider the following statements: 1. Any retired judge of the Supreme Court of India can be called back to sit and act as a Supreme Court judge by the Chief Justice of India with prior permission of the President of India. 2. A High Court in India has the power to review its own judgement as the Supreme Court does. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
1 only
2 only
Both 1 and 2
Neither 1 nor 2
Solution
Under Article 128, the CJI can request a retired SC judge to act as a judge of SC with prior consent of the President (Statement 1 correct). High Courts, being courts of record under Article 215, have the power to review their own judgements (Statement 2 correct).