MPPSC 2020 Prelims Paper-I · Question 79 of 100

Correct — C, Justice S. K. Jha. Among those listed, Justice S. K. Jha served as Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court but, per the official answer, was not elevated as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India. Justices A. K. Patnaik, R. V. Raveendran and A. K. Mathur all went on to serve on the Supreme Court.

• (a)Justice A. K. Patnaik — Justice A. K. Patnaik was elevated as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India.
• (b)Justice R. V. Raveendran — Justice R. V. Raveendran served as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India.
• (d)Justice A. K. Mathur — Justice A. K. Mathur was elevated to the Supreme Court of India.

High Court Chief Justices may or may not be elevated to the Supreme Court. The question distinguishes the one who headed the Madhya Pradesh High Court but did not reach the Supreme Court.

Match career paths: three of the four named judges went on to the Supreme Court; per the key, Justice S. K. Jha did not.

• The Madhya Pradesh High Court is seated at Jabalpur (benches at Indore and Gwalior).
• Chief Justices of a High Court are sometimes, not always, elevated to the Supreme Court.
• Justices Patnaik, Raveendran and Mathur served on the Supreme Court of India.
• Per the official answer, Justice S. K. Jha did not become a Supreme Court judge.

• Assuming every Chief Justice of a High Court is elevated to the Supreme Court
• Confusing the four named judges' careers

MP-specific recall on judges' career paths.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  The principal seat of the Madhya Pradesh High Court is at:

  • (a)Jabalpur
  • (b)Bhopal
  • (c)Indore
  • (d)Gwalior

  Answer(a) Jabalpur (with benches at Indore and Gwalior).

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Judges of a High Court are appointed by the President under which Article?

  • (a)Article 217
  • (b)Article 124
  • (c)Article 148
  • (d)Article 233

  Answer(a) Article 217.