Q. With reference to High Courts in India, consider the following statements:
1. The Constitution makes no provision for the appointment of a distinguished jurist as a judge of a high court.
2. Only a citizen of India can be appointed as a judge of High Court.
3. A person who holds a judicial office for a minimum of five years can be appointed as a judge of a high court.
4. The Constitution has not prescribed a minimum age for appointment of a High Court judge.
How many of the above given statements are correct?
Exp) Option c is the correct answer.
The high courts of India are the highest courts of appellate jurisdiction in each state and union territory of India.
Statement 1 is correct: Unlike in the case of the Supreme Court, the Constitution makes no provision for appointment of a distinguished jurist as a judge of a High Court.
Statement 2 is correct, and Statement 3 is incorrect: Qualification to become the Judge of the High Court arei. He should be a citizen of India. Therefore, only Indian citizens can be High court judge. ii. (He should have held a judicial office in the territory of India for ten years (not five years); or (He should have been an advocate of a High court (or High courts in succession) for ten years.
Statement 4 is correct: The Constitution has not prescribed a minimum age for appointment as a judge of a high court. However, it has prescribed the retirement age (62 years).
