Q. With reference to All India Judicial Services, Consider the following statements:
1. The 44th Constitutional Amendment Act provided for the creation of All India Judicial Services.
2. The all-India judicial service should not include any post inferior to that of a district judge.
Which of the above given statements is/are correct?
Answer: B
Notes:
Exp) Option b is the correct answer.
Statement 1 is incorrect: The 42nd Constitutional amendment (not 44th Constitutional amendment) in 1976 amended Article 312 (1) empowering Parliament to make laws for the creation of one or more All-India Services, including an AIJS, common to the Union and the States.
Statement 2 is correct: The all-India judicial service should not include any post inferior to that of a district judge. A law providing for the creation of this service is not to be deemed as an amendment of the Constitution for the purposes of Article 368.
