Tag: political science

Section 10 of the MRTP Act,1969 empowers the MRTP Commission to enquire into monopolistic or restrictive trade practices upon a reference from the Central Government or upon its knowledge or on the information. The Commission shall, for any inquiry under the Act, have the same powers as are vested in a civil court under the Civil Procedure Code while trying a suit, in respect of certain matters. Hence, Option A is correct. The rest of the courts are vested with more power, hence, incorrect. 

The Federal Court of India was a judicial body, established in India in 1937 under the provisions of the Government of India Act 1935, with original, appellate and advisory jurisdiction. It functioned until 1950, when the Supreme Court of India was established. The seat of the Federal Court was at Delhi.

Actus reus is a Latin word which is translated as "guilty act". Actus reus is commonly defined as a criminal act that was the result of voluntary bodily movement. This describes a physical activity that harms another person or damages property.

Among the following Halakha is a law that pertains to Jewish people. A more literal translation might be "the path that one walks. It includes set of rules and regulations one has to follow among the Jews.

Epistolary jurisdiction means the power of court i.e., the Supreme Court to convert any letter addressed to it by anybody into a writ and hear the matter. This concept gave rise to the Public Interest Litigation when the judicial activism came into prominence in India during the second half of the 20th Century. It can be said to be a judicial innovation.

Focus on Justice is the decision criteria consistent with imposing and enforcing rules fairly and impartially. Justice and fairness are closely related terms that often today used interchangeably. The principles of justice and fairness can be thought of as rules of fair play for issues of social justice. If justice principles are applied effectively, organisation and societies tend to be more stable and its members feel satisfied and secure.

Disguised Unemployment is the unemployment that does not affect aggregate output. It is a situation when people are working less than they are capable of doing. It exists where part of the labour force is either left without work or is working in a redundant manner where worker productivity is essentially zero.

In China and Southeast Asian countries, the governments invested a lot of money in human resource development. Various programmes were conducted with respect to employment creation, literacy, health and hygiene.

All this helped to reduce poverty in these nations in the last decade.

The "Right to work" plan under NREGA came into force in 2006 and covered 200 districts which were further extended to an additional 130 districts in 2008.

Fear of unemployment made workers hostile to the technology. When Spinning Jenny was introduced in the woollen industry, women who survived on hand spinning began attacking the new machines.