Question

The present of the judges of supreme court was fixed by______.
A. Parliament in1968.
B. Parliament in1977.
C. Parliament in 2008.
D. Parliament in 2019.

Answer 1

Hint: After a certain time period Parliament changes the number of judges except the chief justice in the Supreme Court. article 124(1) of the Constitution of India gives power to Parliament to change the number of the Supreme Court Judges.

Complete answer:
The pendency of cases is increasing with time. Every year pending cases increase because of low disposal rates. That's why it is necessary to increase the number of judges with an increase in cases. But there will be only one chief justice in India who is appointed by the President of India.
Number of judges of the supreme court has increased from time to time. In 1950 the Supreme Court had 7 judges with one chief justice.In 1956 the number of judges was increased to 10 excluding chief justice. Then in parliament in 1960 the number of judges was increased from 10 to 13 excluding the Chief Justice of India.
After 18 years in 1978 the number of the judges was increased up to 17 excluding Chief Justice of India. The number increased to 25 from 17 excluding Chief Justice of India in Parliament 1986.
And the number was increased 30 from 25 in Parliament 2009 excluding the chief justice of India.
At present the number of judges has increased 33 from 30 excluding Chief Justice of India. So at present 33 judges with one chief justice are present in the Supreme Court.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘D’.

Note:Between 2006 and 2018 pendency before the Supreme Court increased by 36% while 17% increased in the High Court and 7% in subordinate courts. India has almost 4 crore pending cases in all respective courts.
India has the largest number of pending cases in the world.