Multiple choice

In which of the following cases has the Supreme Court held that primacy should be given to the opinion of the Chief Justice of India over the opinion of the other constitutional functionaries in the matter of appointment of the High Court and Supreme Court judges?

  1. Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association v. Union of India

  2. Transfer of judges case

  3. Special Courts Bill case

  4. Keshavananda case

  5. None of the above
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In Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association v. Union of India, the Supreme Court held that in the case of recruitment of the judges of the High Court and the Supreme Court, the priority should be given to the idea of the Chief Justice of India over the idea of the other authorities.

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