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High Court Appointments MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers
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Q1Match Article 220's rule for a person who has held office as a permanent Judge of a High Court with the correct forum status. List I: 1. Supreme Court 2. Other High Courts 3. Courts other than the Supreme Court and other High Courts 4. Authorities in India. List II: P. Permitted exception for pleading or acting Q. Barred forum for pleading or acting. Which code is correct?
The correct matching is Supreme Court and other High Courts as permitted exceptions, while courts other than those forums and authorities in India are barred for pleading or acting. Pairing the Supreme Court or other High Courts with the bar reverses the constitutional exception, and pairing other Indian courts or authorities with permission ignores Article 220's prohibition outside the two named exceptions.
Q2Read the following Assertion and Reason about High Court appointments: Assertion: If the Supreme Court Collegium reiterates a High Court appointment recommendation, the Government is to accept it. Reason: The Memorandum of Procedure provides for acceptance of a reiterated High Court appointment recommendation by the Government. Choose the correct answer.
The Assertion is true because a reiterated High Court appointment recommendation by the Supreme Court Collegium is to be accepted by the Government. The Reason is also true and directly explains the Assertion because this requirement is stated as being according to the Memorandum of Procedure. Claims that the Reason is false or that it does not explain the Assertion miss the cited procedural rule; treating the Assertion as false reverses the rule.
Q3As per the Department of Justice, which division deals with the appointment, transfer and removal of Chief Justices and Judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts?
The Department of Justice states that the Appointment Division deals with the appointment, transfer and removal of Chief Justices and Judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts. Access to Justice, Administration and E-Courts are adjacent institutional labels, but the cited function belongs to the Appointment Division.
Q4Match the assessment input for Judicial Officers proposed for High Court elevation with its status in the Supreme Court process document. List I 1. Annual Confidential Reports 2. Disciplinary proceedings 3. Disposal record 4. Interview by the Union Law Minister List II a. Listed as an assessment input b. Listed as an assessment input c. Listed as an assessment input d. Not listed in the specified assessment set Select the correct match.
Annual Confidential Reports, disciplinary proceedings and disposal record are all listed assessment inputs for Judicial Officers, along with the Judgment Evaluation Committee report and general reputation. An interview by the Union Law Minister is not part of the specified assessment set in the cited fact, so any matching that treats it as listed is wrong.
Q5With reference to eligibility for appointment as a Judge of a High Court under Article 217(2)(a), consider the following statements: 1. The person must be a citizen of India. 2. The person must have held judicial office in India for at least ten years. 3. The person must have held judicial office only in the State for which the High Court is established. Which of the statements above are correct?
Statement 1 is correct because Article 217(2) first requires the appointee to be a citizen of India. Statement 2 is correct because Article 217(2)(a) recognises at least ten years of judicial office in India as a qualifying route. Statement 3 is wrong because the clause says judicial office in India, not only in the particular State of that High Court.
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6Under Article 219, before whom must a person appointed as a High Court Judge make and subscribe the oath or affirmation?
7Consider the following Assertion and Reason about Judicial Officers proposed for elevation to High Courts. Assertion: Such a Judicial Officer should be within 58.5 years of age. Reason: The relevant age is reckoned on the date when the vacancy arises. Which of the following is correct?
8Match the High Court vacancy arrangement with the constitutional provision specifically cited in the Department of Justice procedure. List I 1. Acting Chief Justice of a High Court List II P. Article 223 Q. Article 224 clause 1 R. Article 222 S. Article 217 Which is the correct match?
9Assertion: A Judge of a High Court, other than an additional or acting Judge, holds office until attaining the age of 62 years. Reason: The Constitution fixes 65 years as the age up to which every regular High Court Judge holds office. Choose the correct answer.
10Read the Assertion and the Reason about Acting Judges of High Courts: Assertion: Acting High Court Judges can be appointed by the President under Article 224(2). Reason: Such appointments are normally not made for periods below three months unless special reasons exist. Which one of the following is correct?
11Match the elements of Article 217(2)(b) relating to eligibility for appointment as a Judge of a High Court: List I 1. Professional route 2. Successive-courts route 3. Minimum duration List II a. Advocate of a High Court b. Advocate of two or more High Courts in succession c. At least ten years d. Advocate of the Supreme Court for five years Choose the correct match.
12With reference to High Court Judge appointments, consider the following statements. 1. They follow the Memorandum of Procedure prepared in 1998. 2. The Memorandum of Procedure was prepared pursuant to the Supreme Court's 6 October 1993 Second Judges case and 28 October 1998 Third Judges advisory opinion. 3. The Memorandum of Procedure was prepared in 2010 after the separate Department of Justice began functioning. Which of the statements given above are correct?
13Under Article 217(2) of the Constitution of India, which basic condition must a person satisfy to be appointed as a Judge of a High Court?
14A sitting High Court Judge moves to another constitutional judicial office. Which sequence correctly describes when the office of the High Court Judge is vacated?
15In the High Court appointment process, match the material sent by the Chief Justice of the High Court with its recipient. List I: Proposal, Collegium minutes, recommendees' documents List II: Chief Minister of the State, Governor, Union Minister of Law and Justice, Chief Justice of India