Indian Judiciary and Legal System

The Supreme Court shall be a court of record means all statements of the Supreme Court are binding law and shall have all the powers of such a court including the power to punish for contempt of itself.

Minimum number of judges which can give an advisory opinion to the President is half of the total strength of the Supreme Court.

National Judicial Academy, which provides training to judicial officers, is situated at Bhopal.

In Ex-Capt. Harish Uppal v UOI, the Supreme court held that right of an advocate to appear and conduct cases in courts is still within the control and jurisdiction of courts. 

There are currently 28 sitting judges, against a maximum possible strength of 31.

Lawyers are officers of the court and are constituted into an independent profession under the Advocate Act, 1961.

According to section 16 of THE ADVOCATES ACT, 1961, there shall be two classes of advocates, namely, senior advocates and other advocates.
An advocate may with his consent be designated as senior advocate, if the Supreme Court or a High Court is of opinion, that by virtue of his ability, standing at the Bar or special knowledge of experience in law, he is deserving of such distinction.

Supreme Court Judges are appointed by the President and they hold office until they attain the age of 65 years.

Judges of supreme court sit in smaller Benches of two and three, coming together in larger Benches of 5 and more only when required to do so or to settle a difference of opinion or controversy. Any bench may refer the case up to a larger bench if the need to do so arises

The Central Vigilance Commissioner and the Vigilance Commissioners shall be appointed by the President on recommendation of a Committee consisting of the Prime Minister (Chairperson), the Minister of Home Affairs (Member) and the Leader of the Opposition in the House of the People (Member).

The chief justice of supreme court takes oath from the President of India.

By virtue of Article 141 of the Indian Constitution, judgments of supreme courts are binding on all court of India.

All of the subordinate courts to the Hon’ble High Court are being routed by the High court of their jurisdiction.

Two or more states or two or more union territories or two states and one or more union territories can have a common high court.

A person who brings a suit into a court of law is called plaintiff. Plaintiff is a party who claims to have incurred loss as a result of a defendant's actions and demands a legal or equitable remedy.