The transfer of a judge from one High Court to another is made by which authority?
- A.The Chief Justice of India alone
- B.The President, after consulting the Chief Justice of India
- C.The Governor of the state concerned
- D.The Union Minister of Law and Justice
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, the President, after consulting the Chief Justice of India. Article 222(1) says that the President may, after consultation with the Chief Justice of India, transfer a judge from one High Court to any other High Court, and clause (2) provides for a compensatory allowance to a judge so transferred. The consultation has been held by the Supreme Court to mean that the opinion of the Chief Justice of India, formed in consultation with his senior colleagues, is determinative.
Option A is wrong because the Chief Justice of India initiates and effectively decides the proposal but the transfer is ordered by the President. Option C is wrong because a Governor is consulted on the appointment of a judge to the High Court of his state under Article 217, not on a transfer between courts. Option D is wrong because the Law Minister only processes the file; no minister transfers a judge. Keep the trio together: appointment and transfer by the President, oath before the Governor, and removal by the President after an address by both Houses of Parliament.
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Practice Questions
View allWhere is the principal seat of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh?
- A.Bhopal
- B.Indore
- C.Jabalpur
- D.Gwalior
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The High Court of Madhya Pradesh has its principal seat at Jabalpur, where it was constituted on 1 November 1956 under the States Reorganisation Act, 1956.
Read the full explanation →The High Court of Madhya Pradesh has permanent Benches at which two places?
- A.Bhopal and Indore
- B.Indore and Gwalior
- C.Rewa and Bhopal
- D.Gwalior and Ujjain
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When the High Court of Madhya Pradesh was constituted at Jabalpur on 1 November 1956, permanent Benches were provided at Indore and at Gwalior, and they have functioned there since.
Read the full explanation →The court that is today the High Court of Madhya Pradesh was first established in 1936 under which name?
- A.Nagpur High Court
- B.Madhya Bharat High Court
- C.Vindhya Pradesh High Court
- D.Jabalpur High Court
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It was established on 2 January 1936 by Letters Patent as the High Court of Judicature at Nagpur for the Central Provinces and Berar, which until then had been under a Judicial Commissioner rather than a High Court.
Read the full explanation →On which date was the High Court of Madhya Pradesh constituted with its principal seat at Jabalpur?
- A.2 January 1936
- B.26 January 1950
- C.1 November 1956
- D.1 November 2000
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The States Reorganisation Act, 1956 created the state of Madhya Pradesh from that date out of the Central Provinces and Berar, Madhya Bharat, Vindhya Pradesh and Bhopal, and the High Court of Madhya Pradesh was constituted with its principal seat at Jabalpur and Benches at Indore and Gwalior.
Read the full explanation →The High Court of Chhattisgarh, created when the state was separated from Madhya Pradesh, has its seat at which city?
- A.Raipur
- B.Bilaspur
- C.Durg
- D.Jagdalpur
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Chhattisgarh was carved out of Madhya Pradesh on 1 November 2000 under the Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000, and the High Court of Chhattisgarh was established at Bilaspur, so the districts of that region ceased to be under the Madhya Pradesh High Court at Jabalpur.
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