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Indian Law and Jurisprudence

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Indian law and jurisprudence cover statutory frameworks like the Companies Act, Consumer Protection Act, and Indian Penal Code, alongside landmark judicial precedents. Legal topics are crucial for law entrance exams, judiciary examinations, and general awareness papers. Answer these questions to learn about defamation, administrative tribunals, and criminal procedure code sections.

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Indian Law and Jurisprudence Questions

Multiple choice
  1. Probate

  2. Admirality

  3. Insolvency

  4. Revenue

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Explanation

(4) A final judgment of a Competent Court in exercise of probate, matrimonial, admiralty or insolvency jurisdiction which declares any person to be entitled to any legal character or to be entitled to any specific thing not as against any specified person but absolutely is relevant.

Multiple choice
  1. Trial of civil suits by the courts

  2. Trial of criminal cases by the courts

  3. Trial of both civil and criminal cases by the courts

  4. None of these

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Explanation

Right section 9 of the CPC, 1908 says about the civil suits and also tells us that where and how we can file our civil suit.

Multiple choice
  1. where the suit is dismissed after adjudication on its merits

  2. where the suit is dismissed because the court was unable to entertain it

  3. Both (1) and (2)

  4. None of these

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Explanation

Section 14 of Limitation Act will have no application where the suit is dismissed after adjudication on its merits and where the suit is dismissed because the court was unable to entertain it.

Multiple choice
  1. section 11

  2. section 4

  3. section 5

  4. section 9

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Explanation

(3) Section 5 of Specific Relief Act provides that a person entitled to the possession of specific immovable property may recover it in the manner provided by Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.

Multiple choice
  1. Criminal Laws (Amendment) Act, 2001

  2. Indian Penal code (Amendment) Act, 1990

  3. Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 1999

  4. Indian Evidence (Amendment) Act, 2002

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Explanation

Under section 146, a provison was added by Indian Evidence (Amendment) Act, 2002. 'Provided that in a prosecution for rape or attempt to commit rape, it shall not be permissible to put questions in the cross-examination of the prosecutrix as to her general immoral character'.

Multiple choice
  1. Prosecution to sue the defendant

  2. Plaintiff to prosecute the defendant

  3. Plaintiff to sue the defendant

  4. Prosecutor to prosecute the defendant

  5. None of these

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Explanation

A prosecutor is a lawyer who works for a state or files case on behalf of the government under criminal law. “Prosecutor prosecutes the defendant” is the correct sense of representing a case that falls under criminal law.

Multiple choice
  1. Section 493

  2. Section 494

  3. Section 495

  4. Section 498A

  5. None of these

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Explanation

When a man, whether married or unmarried, deceives a woman who is not lawfully married to him to believe that she is lawfully married to him and to have sexual intercourse with him is punishable under Section 493 of the Indian Penal Code.

Multiple choice
  1. Section 120B, IPC

  2. Section 120A, IPC

  3. Section 144, CrPC

  4. Section 500, IPC

  5. None of these

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Explanation

A person who is a party to the criminal conspiracy to commit an offence is punishable with death or imprisonment for life will be punished in the same manner as if he has abetted the offence. Punishment for criminal conspiracy is provided under Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code.