Higher Judiciary: Supreme Court and High Courts: UPSC Previous Year Questions (Polity)
2 previous year UPSC Prelims questions on Higher Judiciary: Supreme Court and High Courts (Polity). Choose an option to see the answer and explanation.
Explanations state facts as of the year each question was asked; words like “recently” refer to that year.
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UPSC 2014Polity · Higher Judiciary: Supreme Court and High Courts
Q1. The power to increase the number of judges in the Supreme Court of India is vested in
Explanation
Article 124(1) of the Indian Constitution mandates the establishment of the Supreme Court, consisting of the Chief Justice of India and such other judges as Parliament may prescribe from time to time.
Option (b) is correct: The power to increase the number of Supreme Court judges lies with Parliament. Under the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2019, the number of judges was increased by three, bringing the total number of judges, including the Chief Justice, to 34, up from 31.
UPSC 2014Polity · Higher Judiciary: Supreme Court and High Courts
Q2. The power of the Supreme Court of India to decide disputes between the Centre and the States falls under its:
Explanation
According to Article 131, the Supreme Court has original jurisdiction over disputes between two or more states. It also handles disputes between the Central Government and one or more states, or between different states and the Centre. The Supreme Court’s original jurisdiction is exclusive in such federal disputes, meaning only the Court can resolve these matters. This ensures that conflicts between the Government of India and states are directly addressed by the Supreme Court.
Answer key for these questions
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UPSC year
Correct answer
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2014
(b) The Parliament
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2014
(c) original jurisdiction
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This page covers 2 previous year UPSC Prelims GS Paper-I questions on Higher Judiciary: Supreme Court and High Courts (Polity), asked from 1996 to 2023. Each has the correct answer and an explanation.
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Questions on Higher Judiciary: Supreme Court and High Courts (Polity) are available for 17 years, from 1996 to 2023. Use the Year filter to practise a single paper.
