Question

Power and functions of supreme court in points​

Answer 1

Answer:

The Supreme Court can declare laws passed by the Union Parliament or State legislature as Unconstitutional which are violative of the constitution. TheSupreme Court has the power to interpret the constitution as the final interpreter of the constitution.

Answer 2

d) Power to Interpret the Constitution –

The Supreme Court has the power to interpret the constitution as the final interpreter of the constitution.

It is necessary to who vest this power in the Supreme Court to protect the constitution against arbitrary interpretation by other organs of the government.

(e) Power of Judicial Review –

The Supreme Court also has the power of Judicial review with the use of which it sees whether the laws passed by the Union Parliament or State Legislatures, the Constitutional Amendments, Ordinances issued by the President or Governor…Etc… are in consonance within the constitution or not.

In case any of these is not in consonance with the Constitution, the Supreme Court has the power to declare it unconstitutional.

(f) Court of Record –

The Supreme Court is a court of record which means that as a Superior Court its decision and judicial proceedings are recorded for a perpetual memory and the court subordinate to it accept this decision as judicial precedents.

(g) Administrative Functions –

1. Supreme Court supervises and superintends the working of the lower courts and makes rules of procedure for them.

2. It makes the appointments of the staff other than judges working in the Supreme Court.

3. It makes rules and regulations for the advocates working in the Supreme Court.

4.It investigates charges leveled against the members of UPSC