Assertion (A): The rule making power of the Supreme Court is not subject to any law made by the Parliament of India.

Reason (R): Only an impartial and independent judiciary can protect the rights of individual without fear or favour.

1. Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are correct and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
2. Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are correct but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
3. Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
4. Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.

Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.

Explanation

Under Article 145 of the Constitution of India, the Supreme Court has the power to make rules for regulating its practice and procedure, but this power is expressly “subject to any law made by Parliament.”
So the statement “The rule making power of the Supreme Court is not subject to any law made by the Parliament of India” is incorrect.
The Reason, “Only an impartial and independent judiciary can protect the rights of individual without fear or favour,” is a correct and widely accepted constitutional principle about the role of the judiciary in a democracy.

Hence, Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.