Assertion (A): The Supreme Court and High Court Judges cannot be easily removed from their office except for proven misbehaviour and insolvency.
Reasoning (R): The legal process for removing Supreme Court and High Court Judges is kept stringent to ensure security of tenure of the judges.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option 4: A is false but R is correct.
Assertion (A): The Supreme Court and High Court Judges cannot be easily removed from their office except for proven misbehaviour and insolvency. This is not correct. Judges cannot be easily removed from their office except for proven misbehaviour and incapacity (not for proven misbehaviour and insolvency as mentioned in the assertion).
Reasoning (R): The legal process is kept stringent to ensure security of tenure of the judges. This statement is correct.