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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

The term " prisoner" under the Repatriation of Prisoners Act means

  1. a person undergoing a sentence of imprisonment passed by criminal court of India only

  2. a person undergoing a sentence of imprisonment under and order passed by a criminal court including the courts established under the law for the time being inforce in contracting states

  3. a person undergoing a sentence of imprisonment before the year 2000

  4. none of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Under the Repatriation of Prisoners Act, 'Prisoner' means a person undergoing a sentence of imprisonment under and order passed by a criminal court including the courts established under the law for the time being inforce in contracting states.

Multiple choice

The term "Wakf under Wakf" Act, 1995 means

  1. permanent dedication by a person professing Islam, of any movable property for any purpose recognized by the Muslim Law as pious, religious or charitable

  2. Permanent dedication by a person professing Islam, of any property for any purpose recognized by Muslim law as religious or charity

  3. Temporary dedication by a person professing Islam of any property

  4. None of above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

A waqf is an unconditional and permanent donation of movable property with the ownership of God by a muslim for a religious and charitable cause.

Multiple choice

According to section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, the dishonor of cheque results in awarding punishment of

  1. two year imprisonment or with fine or both

  2. one year imprisonment only

  3. only fine

  4. no punishment
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

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.

Multiple choice

The Draft National Policy on Criminal Justice Has Recommended Classification of All offences Under Indian Penal Code into Four Codes. Which among the following is an incorrect Code?

  1. Social Welfare offence Code

  2. Correctional offences Code

  3. Penal Code

  4. Political offence Code
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The draft policy proposed classifying offenses into four codes: Social Welfare, Correctional, Penal, and Procedural. Political offense code is not one of the proposed categories.

Multiple choice

In re Delhi Laws Act is a leading case on

  1. Principle of Natural justice

  2. Delegated legislation

  3. Administrative discretion

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

In re Delhi Laws Act (1951) is a landmark judgment by the Supreme Court of India concerning the limits and constitutionality of delegated legislation.

Multiple choice

In which of the following situations can the aggrieved party approach the Supreme Court for the redress of the grievances?

  1. Death sentence to a person by the High Court who had earlier been acquitted by the Session Court

  2. Conviction of a person by a Sessions judges for ten years for committing an offence

  3. Refusal of admission test

  4. Rejection of a person in an interview at the UPSC
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Under the Supreme Court (Enlargement of Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction) Act, an appeal lies to the Supreme Court if the High Court has on appeal reversed an order of acquittal and sentenced the accused to death.

Multiple choice

A tribal woman of Rajasthan sends a telegram to the Supreme Court that the Police has kept her in unlawful custody. Which of the following writs should be issued by the Supreme Court to provide a suitable remedy to her?

  1. Habeas Corpus

  2. Mandamus

  3. Certiorari

  4. Quo warranto
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The writ of Habeas Corpus is issued to command the production of a person who has been detained, ensuring that the detention is lawful. It is the primary remedy for unlawful custody.

Multiple choice

Which among the followings is/are the extraordinary powers provided by the AFSPA? I. Power to kill a person suspected of violating prohibitory orders, anywhere. II. No legal proceedings against security forces personnel. III. Power to enter and search any place.

Directions: Answer the question based on the following passage.

The unabated protests in Manipur over the death in custody of Thangjam Manoroma Devi show that the Centre and the State Government need to address the situation with measures that go beyond token gestures. Thirty–two–year–old Manoroma was found shot dead a few hours after her arrest by personnel of the Assam Rifles on the suspicion that she was an activist of the secessionist People's Liberation Army.

The Manoroma incident is not the first of its kind. Going by the number of atrocities reported, the security forces deployed in the State seem to conduct themselves with total impunity. In this, they are enabled by the Armed Forces (Manipur and Assam) Special Powers Act (AFSPA) of 1958, amended in 1972, and in force in the whole of Manipur since 1980. This gives the security forces not just extraordinary powers but also uncommon protection. Once an area is declared disturbed under the Act, an officer of any rank, including a non–commissioned officer, can enter and search a place without a warrant, destroy it, and carry out an arrest on reasonable suspicion that a person has committed or is about to commit a cognizable offence! It allows the killing of a person who in the opinion of the officer violates prohibitory orders. But the most shocking aspect of the Act is this: it shuts out avenues of redress by barring all legal proceedings against security forces personnel without the prior sanction of the Central Government. The Act was brought in to deal with the insurgency in the State, but its sweeping provisions have only led to a long list of human rights violations by the security forces, worsening the sense of alienation among the people of the State and fuelling the insurgency.

The protests against the Manoroma incident are in reality an explosion of years of bottled–up rage against the actions that are covered up by this Act. It is the responsibility of the Centre to ensure that the situation does not deteriorate any further. Without doubt, the solution to the present problem in Manipur lies in taking a close and honest look at the draconian provisions of the Act and devising a political strategy to deal with the insurgency instead of depending on the armed forces to sort it out.

 

 

  1. All of the above

  2. None of the above

  3. II and III

  4. III only
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Correct answer is (2). Statement I is wrong because the mentioned power has been provided only in areas declared 'disturbed' under the act. Statement II is wrong because legal proceedings can be initiated with the prior sanction of central government. Statement III is wrong because the power mentioned has only been provided in areas declared 'disturbed' under the act.

Multiple choice

Hindu law is

  1. Lex Loci

  2. Not Lex Loci

  3. Both

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Lex Loci means law of the land. There was no lex loci or law of the land for non-Hindus and non-Muslims.

Multiple choice

The offence for which Tilak and others were imprisoned in 1897 was

  1. spreading disaffection against the British rule through speeches and writings

  2. breaking the salt laws

  3. violating the Arms Act

  4. refusal to appear before the court
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Bal Gangadhar Tilak was charged with sedition under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code for his writings and speeches in Kesari, which were accused of inciting disaffection against the British.