With reference to Indian judiciary, consider the following statements : 1. Any retired judge of the Supreme Court of India can be called back to sit and act as a Supreme Court judge by the Chief Justice of India with prior permission of the President of India. 2. A High Court in India has the power to review its own judgement as the Supreme Court does. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The correct answer is C, Both 1 and 2. Article 128 of the Constitution lets the Chief Justice of India, with the previous consent of the President, request any person who has held office as a Supreme Court judge to sit and act as a judge of the Supreme Court. So statement 1 is correct. The Supreme Court's power to review its own judgments comes from Article 137. High Courts have the same power: each is a court of record under Article 215, and the Code of Civil Procedure also allows a review application before the court that passed the order, so a High Court can correct an error apparent on the face of the record in its own judgment. So statement 2 is correct too. Option A is wrong because statement 2 is also true. Option B is wrong because statement 1 is also true. Option D is wrong because both statements are true. Exam tip: Article 128 for retired judges sitting in the Supreme Court, Article 224A for the High Courts; both courts can review their own judgments.