Multiple choice

Directions : The following items consist of two statements one labelled the 'Assertion (A)' and other labelled the Reason (R) You are to examine these statements and decide if the 'Assertion (A)' and the 'Reason R)' are individually true and if so, whether the Reason is a correct explanation of the Assertion. Select your answer to these items using the codes given below: Assertion (A): The Supreme Court is a Court of Record. Reason (R): Once a court is made a Court of Record, its power to punish for its contempt necessarily follows from that position.

  1. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

  2. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not a correct explanation of (A)

  3. (A) is true but (R) is false

  4. (A) is false but (R) is true
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Explanation

The Supreme Court is indeed a Court of Record under Article 141 of the Indian Constitution, meaning its decisions are precedents for all courts. The power to punish for contempt (Article 129) flows from this status as a Court of Record. The Reason correctly explains that contempt powers are a necessary consequence of being a Court of Record.

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