Law (Legal Aptitude 1)

The Supreme Court shall be a court of record means all statements of the Supreme Court are binding law and shall have all the powers of such a court including the power to punish for contempt of itself.

Minimum number of judges which can give an advisory opinion to the President is half of the total strength of the Supreme Court.

John Selden said that 'Ignorance of the law excuses no man; not that all men know the law, but because it is an excuse every man will plead and no man can tell how to refute him'.

The term lex loci is a Latin word, which means 'the law of the place' and it is a shorthand version of the choice of law rules that determine the lex causae, i.e. the law chosen to decide a case.

Cognizable offence are the offences where police officer has the authority to make an arrest without a warrant. The police is also allowed to start an investigation with or without the permission of a court.

According to section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, the dishonor of cheque results in awarding punishment of imprisonment for a term which may be extended to two years or with fine which may extend to twice the amount of the cheque or with both.

Lawyers are officers of the court and are constituted into an independent profession under the Advocate Act, 1961.

Charles Dudley Warner’s statement – 'I am surprised in visiting jails to find so few respectable looking convicts' means both rich and poor commit crime, but poor are convicted more.

'Liberty is the right of doing whatever the laws permit' is a statement attributed to Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu.

'Justice must not only be done but also appear to be done, and may I add must be paid for being done‘ Henry Cecil is the author of this statement.

In Islam, Marriage is a legal contract between two people. The bride is to consent to the marriage of her own free will. There must be two Muslim witnesses of the marriage contract.  

Alfred Lord Tennyson, is the author of these words.

The law relating to marriage, divorce and succession of various communities is contained in various personal laws codified and uncodified. Some codified laws are:
The Dissolution of Muslim Marriage Act, 1939
The Special Marriage Act, 1954
The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
The Indian Succession Act, 1925 etc.
 

The Hanafi school is one of the four religious Sunni Islamic schools of jurisprudence(fiqh). Hanafi is the fiqh with the largest number of followers among Sunni Muslims.

According to section 16 of THE ADVOCATES ACT, 1961, there shall be two classes of advocates, namely, senior advocates and other advocates.
An advocate may with his consent be designated as senior advocate, if the Supreme Court or a High Court is of opinion, that by virtue of his ability, standing at the Bar or special knowledge of experience in law, he is deserving of such distinction.

Supreme Court Judges are appointed by the President and they hold office until they attain the age of 65 years.

Judges of supreme court sit in smaller Benches of two and three, coming together in larger Benches of 5 and more only when required to do so or to settle a difference of opinion or controversy. Any bench may refer the case up to a larger bench if the need to do so arises

The Central Vigilance Commissioner and the Vigilance Commissioners shall be appointed by the President on recommendation of a Committee consisting of the Prime Minister (Chairperson), the Minister of Home Affairs (Member) and the Leader of the Opposition in the House of the People (Member).

The chief justice of supreme court takes oath from the President of India.

By virtue of Article 141 of the Indian Constitution, judgments of supreme courts are binding on all court of India.

All of the subordinate courts to the Hon’ble High Court are being routed by the High court of their jurisdiction.

Two or more states or two or more union territories or two states and one or more union territories can have a common high court.

The doctrine of colourability is the idea that when the legislature wants to do something that it cannot do within the constraints of the constitution, it colours the law with a substitute purpose which will still allow it to accomplish its original goal.

'Ultra vires' is a Latin phrase meaning 'beyond the powers'. If an act is done without legal authority, it is ultra vires.

Commission which reorganized states on the linguistic basis was headed by J. Fazal Ali.