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Assertion (A): The Supreme Court is a Court of Record. Reason (R): It delivers judgments in open court. Select the correct assessment:

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Assertion (A): The Supreme Court is a Court of Record.

Reason (R): It delivers judgments in open court.

Select the correct assessment:

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

  2. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

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

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

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: B - Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

Both statements are true. Article 129 of the Constitution of India declares the Supreme Court a court of record with all the powers of such a court, including the power to punish for contempt of itself, and Article 145(4) requires that no judgment be delivered by the Supreme Court save in open court. The Court is a court of record because its acts and proceedings are enrolled as a permanent record of authoritative evidentiary value, not because it pronounces judgments in open court, so the reason does not explain the assertion.

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