Question

A Judge of the Supreme Court of India is to hold office until he attains the age of
A. 58 years
B. 60 years
C. 62 years
D. 65 years

Answer 1

Hint: In contrast to the Court in the US, Judges of Courts in India neither hold office forever nor till the age of 70 in countries like Norway and Belgium. The age of retirement of a Supreme Court Judge is more than that of a High Court Judge which is of 62 years.

Complete answer:
-India deals with three levels of the judicial framework: The Supreme Court, the High Court, and Subordinate Courts. In the Constitution of India – Article 124: Establishment and constitution of Supreme Court says that:-
-There will be a Supreme Court of India consisting of a Chief Justice of India and, until Parliament by law recommends a bigger number, of not in excess of seven different Judges.
Let us review the options and discuss the answer
-Option A. 58 years: - In India, the age of retirement of government officials is not less than 60 years unless they opt for voluntary retirement. Thus, it is an incorrect option.
-Option B. 60 years: - it is the age of retirement of judges of lower courts. Thus, it is an incorrect option
-Option C. 62 years: - it is the age of retirement of the High Court judges. Thus, it is an incorrect option.
-Option D. 65 years: - as per the Constitution of India, a Supreme Court judge retires at the completion of 65 years of age. Thus, it is the correct option.

Additional Information
Benefits of increasing retirement age: -
-This will have huge advantages. Senior serving judges will carry with them long periods of involvement.
-It will guarantee the proceeds with the presence of a solid ability pool of experienced appointed authorities.
-New adjudicators can be named without uprooting existing appointed authorities.
-It will address the issue of mounting unpaid cases.

Therefore, the correct answer is Option D.

Note: The Venkatachaliah (Report of the National Commission to survey the working of the Constitution, 2002) suggested that the retirement age of the Judges of the High Court should be expanded to 65 years and that of the Judges of the Supreme Court should be extended to 68 years.
-The Constitution (114th Amendment) Bill was introduced in 2010 to increase the retirement time of High Court judges to 65. In any case, it was not taken up for thought in Parliament and slipped by with the disintegration of the fifteenth Lok Sabha.