The Supreme Court is at the apex of the entire system of judiciary. In this context, answer the following questions:
What is the term of the Supreme Court judge? Name the procedure through which the judge can be removed.
Topic: Term and removal of a Supreme Court judge
Answer
A judge of the Supreme Court holds office until he attains the age of 65 years.
He can be removed only through the process of IMPEACHMENT, on the ground of proved misbehaviour or incapacity — by an order of the President, passed after an address by each House of Parliament supported by a majority of its total membership and by not less than two-thirds of the members present and voting.
One mark for the age and one for the procedure. The word IMPEACHMENT is what earns the second mark; adding the ground (proved misbehaviour or incapacity) and the special majority makes the answer complete. Note that this difficulty of removal is itself one of the safeguards of judicial independence — a link worth making if the paper asks about independence elsewhere.