Judiciary (Part V Chapter IV; Part VI Chapters V and VI)
Supreme Court: composition, appointment, removal, independence
Practise 5 PYQsConcepts to cover
- Establishment and number of judges fixed by Parliament (Art. 124)
- Appointment by the President after consultation; the collegium
- NJAC (Art. 124A-C) inserted and struck down in 2015
- Removal: special majority address; Judges (Inquiry) Act 1968
- Acting CJI, ad hoc judges, retired judges (Art. 126-128)
- Salaries, tenure, bar on practice, own staff (Art. 125, 146)
- Seat at Delhi; other places with the President's approval (Art. 130)