Which of the following statement (s) is/are NOT correct in respect of retirement age of judges of Supreme Court of different countries?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The retirement age for a Supreme Court judge is 65 years. Similarly, a High Court judge continues in his office, till the retirement age which is 62 years. The age of retirement of District Court judges is determined by their respective State Government under special service rules. There is no retirement age for Supreme Court judges in the United States. In the High Court of Australia, the retirement age is 70. The Supreme Court of Canada has fixed the retirement age of their judges as 75. Similarly in the UK Supreme Court, the retirement age is 75, while the Constitutional Court of South-Africa follows the age of 70 or after 12 years of the service of the judge.