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Indian Polity UPPSC 2000 GS-I
Question

Ad-hoc judges are appointed on the Supreme Court when:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option D: There is no quorum of the Judges available to hold any session of the Court

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “There is no quorum of the Judges available to hold any session of the Court”.
The Chief Justice of India can appoint an ad-hoc judge to the Supreme Court when there is a lack of a quorum of permanent judges to hold a session. So the answer is (4).

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