Supreme Court, High Courts & Subordinate Judiciary Quiz — 7 Free Questions

Question 1

As the Constitution originally stood, the Supreme Court was to consist of the Chief Justice of India and not more than how many other Judges?

Question 2

Who was the first woman Judge of a High Court in India?

Question 3

On what ground can a Judge of the Supreme Court be removed from office?

Question 4

Under Articles 121 and 211, what is the position regarding discussion of the conduct of a Judge of the Supreme Court or a High Court in the discharge of his duties?

Question 5

In which Article is the direction that 'the State shall take steps to separate the judiciary from the executive in the public services of the State' contained?

Question 6

Under Article 130, where is the seat of the Supreme Court?

Question 7

Under Article 141, on whom is the law declared by the Supreme Court binding?

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About Supreme Court, High Courts & Subordinate Judiciary

This quiz is meant for students preparing for the IAS examination and other competitive tests, and for anyone who wants to understand how the courts of India are organised. It covers the whole judicial pyramid: the Supreme Court of India at the top, the High Courts in the States, and the subordinate or district courts below them, together with the ideas that hold the system up, such as judicial review, judicial independence, the collegium and the power of contempt. When complete it will have one hundred and twenty carefully checked questions, arranged in five packs of twenty-four.

Every question has four options, and the correct option can be in any position. After each question there is a detailed explanation of more than five lines, in simple Indian English that a school student can follow. The explanation gives the relevant Article of the Constitution, the important numbers such as the retirement ages of sixty-five and sixty-two years and the special majority for removal, and the leading cases that examiners like to test.

The questions cover the establishment and composition of the Supreme Court under Articles 124 to 130, the appointment, qualifications, tenure and removal of Judges, the collegium system and the striking down of the National Judicial Appointments Commission, the original, writ, appellate, advisory and review jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, Article 32 and the writs, the High Courts under Articles 214 to 231 with their writ jurisdiction under Article 226 and their power of superintendence under Article 227, the subordinate courts under Articles 233 to 237, tribunals under Articles 323A and 323B, and topics such as judicial activism, public interest litigation, Lok Adalats and the proposed All India Judicial Service.

A few questions carry a photograph of a court or Parliament building, only to set the scene; the picture never gives away the answer. Every fact has been checked against the bare text of the Constitution of India and standard reference books on Indian polity.