UPSC Prelims 2021 · GS Paper 1 · Q18

Polity

Medium · Supreme Court, Article 128 and Review Jurisdiction

Consider the following statements:

1. Under Article 128, the Chief Justice of India, with the President's prior consent, may request a retired Supreme Court judge to sit and act as a judge of the Supreme Court.

2. A High Court possesses the same power to review its own judgments that the Supreme Court exercises under Article 137.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?