5. With reference to the powers and functions of the Supreme Court, answer the following:
a)What is meant by judicial review and original jurisdiction?
b)What is appe ate jurisdiction? Mention any two types of cases over which the Supreme Court
has appellate jurisdiction.
c)1.Why is the judiciary kept independent of the executive and legislature?
2.What is the procedure for the removal of a Supreme Court judge?
(2007)
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A• The original jurisdiction of a court is the power to hear a case for the first time, as opposed to appellate jurisdiction, when a higher court has the power to review a lower court's decision. Original jurisdiction refers to the right of the Supreme court to hear a case for the first time.
B• The authority of appellate courts to review the decisions of lower courts varies widely from one jurisdiction to another. In some areas, the appellate court has limited powers of review. Generally, an appellate court's judgment provides the final directive of the appeals courts as to the matter appealed, setting out with specificity the court's determination that the action appealed from should be affirmed, reversed, remanded or modified.
C• The judiciary is kept independent from the executive and the legislature so that in the matter of its judgements it is not influenced in any manner by these other two pillars of our democracy. Most so as it adjudicates over constitutional matters as much as under civil and criminal law.
2• for this answer see my previous answer ok