Question

Consider the following statements:
1. The highest criminal court of the district is the Court of District and Sessions Judge.
2. The District Judges are appointed by the Governor in consultation with the High Courts.
3. A person eligible for appointment as a District Judge should be an advocate or a pleader of seven years standing or more, or an officer in judicial service of the Union or the State.
4. When the Session judge awards death sentences, it must be confirmed by the High Court before it is carried out.
Which of the statements given above are correct?

• A. 1 and 2
• B. 2, 3 and 4
• C. 3 and 4
• D. 1, 2, 3 and 4

Answer 1

The correct option is D 1, 2, 3 and 4

In the State judicial system the High Court is the apex court below and under it are subordinate courts in the District. The District and Sessions Judge's court is the highest civil and criminal court of the district. The judges of the district court are appointed by the Governor in consultation with the High Courts. The qualifications of a person to be appointed as a District Judge are that he should be an advocate or a pleader of 7 years standing or more, or an officer in judicial service of the Union or the State. Further section 366 subsection (1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 provides that "when the court of Session passes a sentence of death the proceeding shall be submitted to the High Court and the sentence shall not be executed unless it's confirmed by the High Court."