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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

A judgement debtor

  1. cannot be arrested

  2. can be arrested

  3. can be arrested and detained if certain conditions are fulfilled

  4. can be arrested and detained if certain conditions are fulfilled only in Civil Prison
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D Correct answer
Explanation

A judgment debtor may be arrested in execution of a decree at any hour and on any day and shall, as soon as practicable, be brought before the Court and his detention may be in the civil prison of the district in which the Court ordering the detention is situated.

Multiple choice

Suo Motu means

  1. in the matter

  2. suit filed

  3. of its own motion

  4. small matter
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Suo motu means "on its own motion," and is a Latin legal term.

Multiple choice

Decision on question of limitation

  1. operates as res juclicata

  2. does not operate as res judicata

  3. operates as res judicata, if not

  4. None of the above
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Decision on the question of limitation, even if erroneous, operates as res judicata in subsequent proceedings.

Multiple choice

Maxim “res ipsa loquitur” means

  1. things speak for themselves

  2. he who cannot act by himself cannot act at all

  3. he who does an act through another is deemed in law to do it himself

  4. None of these
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A Correct answer
Explanation

It is a doctrine that infers negligence from the very nature of an accident or injury in the absence of direct evidence on how any defendant behaved.

Multiple choice

When a writ is issued to an inferior Court or tribunal on the ground of exceeding jurisdiction or acting in violation of the rules of natural justice, it is called a writ of

  1. certiorari

  2. mandamus

  3. quo warrants

  4. habeous corpus
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A Correct answer
Explanation

A writ of certiorari is issued by the Supreme Court or any High Court to an inferior Court or tribunal for quashing the order already passed on the ground of exceeding jurisdiction vested by law or acting in violation of the rules of natural justice.

Multiple choice

A garnishee is

  1. the judgment debtor

  2. judgment debtor’s debtor

  3. judgment debtor’s creditor

  4. None of these
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Garnishee means a judgment debtor’s debtor. He is a person who is liable to pay a debt to a judgment debtor or to deliver any movable property to him. A third person or party in whose hands money is attached by process of court so called because he had garnishment or warning that not to pay the money to the defendant, but to appear and answer to the plaintiff creditor’s suit.

Multiple choice

Issuance of writ of mandamus relates to

  1. non-performance of private duty

  2. specific performance of contract

  3. non-performance of public duty

  4. None of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

A writ of mandamus is issued from a court of superior jurisdiction that commands an inferior tribunal, municipal corporation or individual to perform or refrain from performing a particular act, the performance or omission of which is required by law as an obligation.

Multiple choice

A plaint shall be rejected

  1. if it does not disclose a cause of action

  2. if it is filed in the wrong Court

  3. if proper parties are not added

  4. None of these
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Under Order VII Rule 11 clause (a) of Code of Civil Procedure, it has been provided that a plaint shall be rejected if it does not disclose a cause of action.

Multiple choice

An application can be filed for review of a judgment if

  1. the judgment is erroneous

  2. there is error apparent on the face of the record

  3. the matter is important and requires rehearing

  4. None of these
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B Correct answer
Explanation

An application can be filed for review of a judgment if there is error apparent on the face of the record.

Multiple choice

Summons case means a case

  1. relating to an offence and not being a warrant case

  2. relating to an offence punishable with seven years

  3. where summons are issued

  4. None of these
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A Correct answer
Explanation

As per Section 2(x), "warrant-case" means a case relating to an offence punishable with death, imprisonment for life or imprisonment for a term exceeding two years. As per Section 2(w), "summons-case" means a case relating to an offence, and not a warrant-case.

Multiple choice

Non-cognizable offence means

  1. a police officer has no authority to arrest without warrant

  2. a police officer has authority to arrest without warrant

  3. a police officer may arrest, but inform the higher authority afterwards

  4. None of these
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A Correct answer
Explanation

In the case of a non-cognizable offence, a police officer does not have the authority to make an arrest without a warrant and an investigation cannot be initiated without a court order.

Multiple choice

The maxim "Nemo judex in causa sua" means

  1. the affected party should be heard

  2. freedom from bias

  3. notice must be given

  4. None of these
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Nemo judex in causa sua is a Latin phrase that means literally "no-one should be a judge in his own cause." It is a principle of natural justice that no person can judge a case in which he has an interest.