Laxmikanth Test: High Court - UPSC MCQ

It is said that the high court is the primary court of appeal i.e. it has power to hear the appeals against the judgment of the subordinate courts within its territories. This power can be classified into 2 categories-Civil jurisdiction and Criminal jurisdiction In civil cases its jurisdiction includes the orders and judgments of the district courts, additional district courts and other subordinate courts. In criminal cases its jurisdiction includes judgments relating to sessions courts and additional sessions courts.

• Call for return from such courts

• May issue general rules and prescribe forms for regulating the practice and proceedings of such courts

• Prescribe the form in which books and accounts are being kept by the officers of any court

• Settle fees payable to the sheriff clerks, officers and legal practitioners

1. He should be a citizen of India.

2. (a) He should have held a judicial office in the territory of India for ten years; or 

(b) He should have been an advocate of a high court (or high courts in succession) for ten years. 

From the above, it is clear that the Constitution has not prescribed a minimum age for appointment as a judge of a high court. Moreover, unlike in the case of the Supreme Court, the Constitution makes no provision for appointment of a distinguished jurist as a judge of a high court.

It is issued by higher courts when they find that lower courts have made judgments beyond their powers of jurisdiction.

'Judicial Review' is the power of the Supreme Court (or High Courts) to examine the constitutionality of any law if the Court arrives at the conclusion that the law is inconsistent with the provisions of the Constitution, such a law is declared as unconstitutional and inapplicable.

Hence, the correct option is 'B'.