Judiciary (Part V Chapter IV; Part VI Chapters V and VI)
Supreme Court: composition, appointment, removal, independence
Practise 5 PYQsConcepts to cover
- Establishment and number of judges fixed by Parliament (Art. 124)
- Appointment by the President after consultation; the collegium
- NJAC (Art. 124A-C) inserted and struck down in 2015
- Removal: special majority address; Judges (Inquiry) Act 1968
- Acting CJI, ad hoc judges, retired judges (Art. 126-128)
- Salaries, tenure, bar on practice, own staff (Art. 125, 146)
- Seat at Delhi; other places with the President's approval (Art. 130)
Where to study
The Constitution of India
- Art. 124-128
- Art. 130
- Art. 145-147
- Art. 124
- Art. 124(2)
- Art. 124A-124C
- Art. 124(4)-(5)
- Art. 126-128
- Art. 125
- Art. 146
Indian Polity · M. Laxmikanth
- ch. 25 Organisation of Supreme Court
- ch. 25 Independence of Supreme Court
Supreme Court of India, S.P. Gupta vs Union Of India & Anr on 30 December, 1981
- judgment of 30 December 1981 (First Judges case)
Supreme Court of India, Supreme Court Advocates-On-Record vs Union Of India on 6 October, 1993
- judgment of 6 October 1993 (collegium)
NCERT Class XI Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 6: Judiciary
- pp. 4-5 'Appointment of Judges'
- pp. 5-6 'Removal of Judges'
Supreme Court of India, Supreme Court Advocates-On-Record vs Union Of India on 16 October, 2015
- judgment of 16 October 2015
The Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968
- s. 3 Investigation into misbehaviour or incapacity of Judge by Committee
- s. 6 Consideration of report and procedure for presentation of an address