Q. With reference to Supreme Court in India and United States, which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. While the SC judges retire at 65 years of age in India, they can hold their seat until they resign in USA.
2. The ambit of Judicial review in India is wider than that of federal court of USA.
Choose the correct answer using the options given below:
Exp) Option a is the correct answer
Statement 1 is correct – At present, the retirement age is 65 years for Supreme Court judges and 62 years for high court judges. In USA, Judges hold their seats until they resign, die, or are removed from office.
Statement 2 is incorrect –The scope of judicial review in India is narrower than that of what exists in USA, though the American Constitution does not explicitly mention the concept of judicial review in any of its provisions. In USA the judges exercise judicial review in a very aggressive manner. Due to exercise of wide power of judicial review by the American Supreme Court in the name of “due process of law” clause has made the critics to describe it as a third chamber of legislature, a super legislature.
