Political Science · Indian Polity
Which case is known as the Fourth Judges Case?
ASupreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association and Anr. vs Union of India (the NJAC case) ✓ Correct
BS.P. Gupta vs Union of India
CS.P. Verma vs Union of India
DThe Special Reference case of 1998
Correct answer: (A) Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association and Anr. vs Union of India (the NJAC case) — The Fourth Judges Case is the NJAC case, Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association vs Union of India.
Explanation
★The Fourth Judges Case is the NJAC case, Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association vs Union of India.
★It was decided in 2015 and struck down the National Judicial Appointments Commission.
★The Court held that the NJAC violated the independence of the judiciary and the basic structure.
★S.P. Gupta vs Union of India, of 1981, is the First Judges Case.
★The Second Judges Case of 1993 gave primacy to the judiciary in appointments.
★The Special Reference of 1998 is the Third Judges Case, with a very similar name.
★So the NJAC case of 2015 is the Fourth Judges Case.
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