Given below are two statements, one labeled as Assertion (A) and the other labeled as Reason (R).\n **Assertion (A):** No judge of the Supreme Court of India has been successfully impeached and removed from office since independence.\n **Reason (R):** The procedure for the removal of a Supreme Court judge is highly stringent, requiring a special majority in both Houses of Parliament and a detailed inquiry.\n Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

Options:

  • A: Assertion is false but Reason is true.
  • B: Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
  • C: A is true but R is false.
  • D: Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

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