UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Justice Shekhar Yadav retires amid pending impeachment

Question 1

Under the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968, a three-member committee is constituted to investigate the alleged misbehaviour or incapacity of a judge once the motion is admitted. Consider the following:
1. A judge of the Supreme Court
2. The Chief Justice of a High Court
3. A distinguished jurist
4. The Attorney General of India
Which of the above is/are correctly identified as members of that Inquiry Committee?

Accepted Answer

1, 2 and 3

Answer

1 and 4

Answer

2, 3 and 4

Answer

1, 2, 3 and 4

Question 2

The procedure for the investigation and proof of misbehaviour or incapacity of a Supreme Court or High Court judge, invariably preceding any parliamentary vote on removal, is regulated by which one of the following statutes?

Accepted Answer

The Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968

Answer

The Contempt of Courts Act, 1971

Answer

The Judges (Protection) Act, 1985

Answer

The High Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Act, 1954

Question 3

The removal procedure prescribed for Supreme Court judges under Article 124(4)–(5) — which can operate only while the judge holds office and therefore lapses once the judge demits office — is made applicable to judges of the High Courts by which one of the following Articles of the Constitution?

Accepted Answer

Article 218

Answer

Article 217

Answer

Article 214

Answer

Article 231

Question 4

When a removal motion against a judge is initiated in the Rajya Sabha, the decision to admit or reject it — and, if admitted, to constitute the Inquiry Committee — rests with which authority?

Accepted Answer

The Chairman of the Rajya Sabha

Answer

The President of India

Answer

The Chief Justice of India

Answer

The Union Minister of Law and Justice

Question 5

The removal (impeachment) motion against Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav, which lapsed on his retirement in April 2026, was initiated in which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

The Rajya Sabha

Answer

The Lok Sabha

Answer

The Allahabad High Court Bar Association

Answer

The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Question 6

Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav, whose retirement nullified the pending removal motion, was a sitting judge of which High Court — the court with the largest sanctioned strength of judges in India?

Accepted Answer

Allahabad High Court

Answer

Madras High Court

Answer

Bombay High Court

Answer

Calcutta High Court

UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Justice Shekhar Yadav retires amid pending impeachment

Q2. The procedure for the investigation and proof of misbehaviour or incapacity of a Supreme Court or High Court judge, invariably preceding any parliamentary vote on removal, is regulated by which one of the following statutes?

Q4. When a removal motion against a judge is initiated in the Rajya Sabha, the decision to admit or reject it — and, if admitted, to constitute the Inquiry Committee — rests with which authority?

Q5. The removal (impeachment) motion against Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav, which lapsed on his retirement in April 2026, was initiated in which one of the following?

Q6. Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav, whose retirement nullified the pending removal motion, was a sitting judge of which High Court — the court with the largest sanctioned strength of judges in India?