Question

The  status  of election  commissioner  is  equivalent  to  that  of the
a)  High  court judge b)  Supreme  court judge
c)  District  court judge d)  Magistrate

TNSCERT Class 10 Civics Ch 2 Democracy

Answer 1

Answer is b) Supreme Court judge.

Answer 2

Supreme Court Judge is equivalent to Election Commissioner status.

Explanation:

Election commissioner status is equivalent to Supreme Court Judge. The election commissioner is head of India’s election commission. He/she is part of Indian Civil Services.

Sunil Arora is Chief Election Commissioner of India. Judge of Supreme Court is the part of statutory body. Both election commissioner and Supreme Court judge have same status and power. However both require to have different qualification and they are appointed differently.