With reference to the Judges of the Supreme Court of India consider the following statements The Ind...........

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With reference to the Judges of the Supreme Court of India, consider the following statements:

The Indian Constitution prescribes a minimum age for a person to be appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court.
A Supreme Court Judge can be removed by the President when the Parliament passes a motion to that effect by a special majority.
The ground mentioned for the removal of a Supreme Court Judge, in the Indian Constitution, is ‘incapacity’ or ‘proved misbehaviour’ only.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

1&2 only

1&3 only

2&3 only

All of the above

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Explanation:

Statement 1 is not correct : The Constitution does not prescribe a minimum age for appointment of a person to the Supreme Court (SC) as a Judge.

Statement 2 is correct : The motion for the removal of the SC Judge has to be passed by special majority by the Parliament. According to the Article 124(4) of the Constitution, the President can remove a Judge when the Parliament passes a motion with a majority of the total membership of each House in favour of his removal and not less than two thirds of the members of each House present and voting.

Statement 3 is correct : The Constitution provides only two grounds for removal of the Supreme Court Judge; 'proved misbehaviour' or 'incapacity.'