We need courts to apply the law of the country. The Judiciary is also responsible for upholding the rights of citizens and seeing that no one including the government violates them.

Qualifications of a High Court Judge:

1. He should be a citizen of India.

2. He must have worked for at least 10 years on some judicial post.

3. He must have been an advocate in any High Court of India.

The judges of a High Court can remain in office till the age of 65 years. He can resign from his post even before this age. A High Court judge can be removed from his post before the age of 65 years if charges of corruption are proved against him. The Parliament can send such a resolution to the President of India and he has the right to remove the judges from his office.

The Supreme Court of India is the highest – judicial authority in our country. It is in New Delhi.