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         The Supreme Court of India is the Apex Court and is the final interpreter of the Constitution of India and its laws. The Court is also known as the guardian and the protector of the Fundamental Rights of the people of our country. The Supreme Court is the final Court of Appeal in all civil, criminal and other matters and thus helps in maintaining uniformity of law throughout the territory of India. At the commencement of the Constitution, the Supreme Court consisted of a Chief Justice of India and not more than seven other Judges. Parliament is empowered to prescribe, by law, a large number of Judges.
Article 124 of the Constitution of India does not prescribe the number of judges of the Supreme Court and the High Courts, which must be consulted by the Union Head while appointing such Supreme Court judges. In the case of S.C. Advocates-on-Record Association v. Union of India (Second Judges Case), the Supreme Court of India, had laid down the principles and prescribed procedural norms in regard to the appointment of Judges to the Supreme Court.
Article 124 of the Constitution of India lays down certain qualifications for a person to be appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India. It follows that a person to be appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court must possess two essential qualifications. Firstly, he must be a citizen of India and secondly, he must possess any additional qualifications mentioned in the provision of the Constitution. Furthermore, a Judge of the Supreme Court of India may be removed as per the grounds laid down in the Constitution of India. The acts of ‘willful and gross misuse of office, purposeful and persistent negligence’ in the discharge of his duties, intentional and habitual extravagance at the cost of the public exchequer and moral turpitude by using public funds for private purpose in diverse ways have been held to constitute a relevant ground for the removal of a Judge of the Supreme Court, within the meanings of the Article 124 of the Constitution.

Question - By which of the following enactments was the strength of the other judges of the Supreme Court of India raised to thirty-three?

 

Option: 1

The Supreme Court Number of Judges (Amendment) Act, 1986

 


Option: 2

The Supreme Court Number of Judges (Amendment) Act, 2007


Option: 3

The Supreme Court Number of Judges (Amendment) Act, 2019

 


Option: 4

The Supreme Court Number of Judges (Amendment) Act, 2016

 


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As per the provision enshrined under Article 124(1) of the Constitution of India, the Supreme Court of India shall consist of a Chief Justice of India, and until the Parliament by law prescribes a larger number, not more than seven other Judges. Initially, the Parliament enacted the Supreme Court Number of Judges Act, 1956 to increase the number of other judges to nine. At present, the Supreme Court of India consists of a Chief Justice of India and 33 other judges, which were increased by the mandate of the Supreme Court Number of Judges (Amendment) Act, 2019.

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