Question

The retirement age of Supreme Court judges is ___________
A. 58 years
B. 60 years
C. 62 years
D. 65 years

Answer 1

Hint: 1. The Supreme Court of India is India's supreme judicial body and, under the constitution, India's highest court. It is the highest constitutional court and has the jurisdiction to investigate the judiciary.
2. The Chief Justice of India is the Supreme Court's head and chief judge, and the court consists of up to 34 judges and has broad powers in the form of original, appellate and advisory jurisdictions.
3. It is considered to be India's most potent public institution.

Complete answer:
Option A)
Fifty-eight years (58) is not the retirement age of Supreme Court judges. Thus, this option is incorrect.

Option B)
Sixty (60) years is not the retirement age of Supreme Court judges. Thus, this option is incorrect.

Option C)
Sixty-two (62) years is not the retirement age of Supreme Court judges. Thus, this option is incorrect.

Option D)
At the age of 65, Supreme Court judges retire. However, there have been suggestions, including from the Supreme Court of India's judges, that the judges there, including the Chief Justice of India, should be provided with a fixed term.

Hence, the correct answer is option (D)

Note: Article 145 of India's Constitution empowers the Supreme Court to create its own rules (with the approval of the President) to govern the practice and procedures of the courts. Three versions of the rules were published: first in 1950, then in 1966 and 2013.