Question

The salaries of the Judges of the High Courts are paid from the ________________.
 A.Funds collected as fees for cases
B.Consolidated Fund of the State
C.Consolidated Fund of India
D. State revenues

Answer 1

Hint: A judge is a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice. A court is an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business. Here, we are referring to judges of the High Courts.

Complete answer: The salaries of judges is mentioned in the second schedule of the constitution. It is a charged expenditure so that the judges can work independently without interference from other powers.
In the given question, we have to find out which of the options gives the correct source of the salaries of High Court judges in India.
Let us thus analyze the options given to us in this question -
Option (a.), 'Funds collected as fees for cases', refers to a reserve of money collected and set aside for the purpose of solving cases.
Therefore, option (a.) is incorrect.
Option (b.), ‘Consolidated Fund of the State', refers to ‘all revenues (both tax revenues such as Sales tax/VAT, stamp duty etc. and non-tax revenues such as user charges levied by State governments) received by the State’.
Therefore, option (b.) is correct as the Consolidated Fund of the State is used to give the judges of High Courts their salaries.
Option (c.), ‘Consolidated Fund of India', refers to ‘revenues, which are received by the government through taxes and expenses incurred in the form of borrowings and loans’.
Therefore, option (c.) is incorrect.
Option (d.), ‘State revenues', refers to ‘state government income due to taxation’.

Therefore, option (d.) is incorrect.

Note: In this question, it will be helpful for the student to recall the concept of a high court in India. The high courts of India are the principal civil courts of original jurisdiction in each state and union territory.