What is the meaning of the ‘right of audience’ given to the Attorney General for India?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Right to appear and be heard in all courts in India
A right of audience is a court term: the right to appear and argue before a court. Article 76(3) gives the Attorney General, in the performance of his duties, the right of audience in all courts in the territory of India.
Why the other options are incorrect
Option (2) Right to take part in Cabinet meetings — Incorrect. The Attorney General is not a member of the Cabinet and has no such right.
Option (3) Right to take part in the proceedings of Parliament without the right to vote — Incorrect. The Attorney General has this right under Article 88, but it is a separate right, not the right of audience.
Option (4) All of the above — Incorrect. The right of audience means only the right before the courts.