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Legal Principles and Doctrines

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Legal principles and doctrines establish the foundational rules of jurisprudence and civil rights. Questions cover constitutional reasonable restrictions, courtroom evidence standards, and property laws. These topics are strictly necessary for law legal studies exams and judicial services prelims.

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Legal Principles and Doctrines Questions

Multiple choice

Which of the following is incorrect in relation to imposition of the President rule on a state?

  1. The Presidential proclamation imposing President's rule is subjected to judicial review.

  2. The satisfaction of the President must be based upon relevant material.

  3. Burden lies on the State to prove that relevant material exists to justify the imposition of the President's rule.

  4. The court cannot go into the correctness of the material or its adequacy.
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Burden lies on the Central Government to prove that relevant material exists to justify the imposition of the President's rule.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is/are correct in respect to summons?

  1. A court order directing a person to appear at a specific time and place

  2. Can be issued in criminal and civil cases

  3. Can be issued by a local police inspector

  4. Both (1) and (2)
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Summons are when a court order directs a person to appear at a specific time and place. It can be issued in criminal and civil cases. 

Multiple choice

What is a "cognizance"?

  1. It means custody without warrant.

  2. It means crime.

  3. It means arousing judicial notice or knowledge.

  4. It means custody with warrant.
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Cognizance means a judicial notice as taken by a court in dealing with a case. 

Multiple choice

In criminal cases, previous good character is

  1. irrelevant

  2. relevant

  3. relevant if proved with oath

  4. None of these
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B Correct answer
Explanation

(2) In criminal proceedings, the fact that the person accused is of a good character is relevant.

Multiple choice

Doctrine of “Res Gestae” speaks of

  1. relevancy of documentary evidence

  2. relevancy of primary evidence

  3. relevancy of facts forming part of some transaction

  4. relevancy of judgments of Court of Justice
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C Correct answer
Explanation

(3) Doctrine of “Res Gestae” speaks of relevancy of facts forming part of some transaction.

Multiple choice

Where a document is executed in several parts, there

  1. each part is a primary evidence of the document

  2. each part cannot be primary evidence of the document

  3. each counter part is secondary evidence

  4. only main part is primary, while rest is secondary evidence of the document
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A Correct answer
Explanation

(1) Section 62 of Evidence Act makes it clear that where a document is executed in several parts, each part is a primary evidence of the document.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is correct?

  1. Effect of acknowledgement — Section 17

  2. Effect of fraud or mistake — Section 16

  3. Exclusion of time in certain other cases — Section 15

  4. Exclusion of time of proceeding in court without jurisdiction — Section 13
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Effect of acknowledgement — Section 18 Effect of fraud or mistake — Section 17 Exclusion of time in certain other cases — Section 15 Exclusion of time of proceeding in court without jurisdiction — Section 14  

Multiple choice

To obtain a mandatory injunction under Section 39 of the Specific Relief Act, the plaintiff must show that there has been a breach of obligation in the nature of

  1. legal obligation

  2. It is necessary to maintain status quo

  3. None of these

  4. Both (1) and (2)
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D Correct answer
Explanation

(4) An injunction under Section 39 of the Specific Relief Act may be granted to prevent the breach of legal obligation where it is necessary to maintain status quo.