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Correct Answer: Option (A) — 1 only
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Standard Reference VerifiedStatement 1 is correct: Under Article 128 of the Constitution, the Chief Justice of India may at any time, with the previous consent of the President, request any person who has held the office of a Judge of the Supreme Court or of a High Court (duly qualified) to sit and act as a Judge of the Supreme Court.
Statement 2 is incorrect: Article 137 explicitly gives the Supreme Court the constitutional power to review any judgment pronounced or order made by it. High Courts derive their power of review primarily through statutory provisions (Section 114 and Order 47 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908) and inherent jurisdiction as courts of record (Article 215), but they lack an explicit review article parallel to Article 137 and cannot entertain curative petitions.
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