An advocate who is not already in government service must have practised for at least how many years to be appointed a district judge?
- A.Five years
- B.Seven years
- C.Ten years
- D.Twelve years
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, seven years. Article 233(2) provides that a person not already in the service of the Union or of the state shall be eligible to be appointed a district judge only if he has been an advocate or a pleader for not less than seven years and is recommended by the High Court for appointment. In Bihar such appointments are made through the examination conducted by the Bihar Public Service Commission on the recommendation of the Patna High Court.
Option A, five years, has no basis in the article and is simply the figure candidates guess. Option C, ten years, is the qualifying period for appointment as a judge of a High Court under Article 217, either as a judicial officer or as an advocate of a High Court, and it is the commonest trap here. Option D, twelve years, is not prescribed for any judicial appointment. Keep the two figures as a pair: seven years at the Bar for a district judge and ten years for a High Court judge.
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Practice Questions
View allThe Patna High Court was established in which year?
- A.1862
- B.1912
- C.1916
- D.1935
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The Patna High Court was created by Letters Patent in February 1916 and began sitting on 1 March 1916, which is why its centenary fell in 2016.
Read the full explanation →Before the establishment of the Patna High Court, the cases of Bihar were heard by which High Court?
- A.Allahabad High Court
- B.Calcutta High Court
- C.Nagpur High Court
- D.Madras High Court
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Bihar formed part of the Bengal Presidency, and its appeals therefore went to the High Court at Calcutta, which had been established in 1862 under the Indian High Courts Act, 1861.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first Chief Justice of the Patna High Court?
- A.Sir Edward Maynard Des Champs Chamier
- B.Sir Barnes Peacock
- C.Sir Sultan Ahmed
- D.Sir Harilal Kania
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The correct answer is A, Sir Edward Maynard Des Champs Chamier, who became the first Chief Justice of the Patna High Court when it began sitting in 1916.
Read the full explanation →The Ranchi Bench of the Patna High Court became the separate High Court of Jharkhand on which date?
- A.1 November 2000
- B.9 November 2000
- C.15 November 2000
- D.1 March 2000
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Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar on that date under the Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000, and the Ranchi Bench of the Patna High Court became the High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi.
Read the full explanation →Which Article of the Constitution provides that there shall be a High Court for each state?
- A.Article 124
- B.Article 214
- C.Article 226
- D.Article 233
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It is the opening article of Part VI, Chapter V of the Constitution and says that there shall be a High Court for each state.
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