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The appealing to the high court can be made in how many days after passing the judgment of family court _________.

  1. 20 days

  2. 14 days

  3. 30 days

  4. 45 days


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Main goal of establishment of family courts is for secure and speed settlement of disputes relating to marriage and family affairs. Appeal from family courts lies directly to the High Court. The appeal to high court after passing the judgement of family court can be made in 30 days.

Which of the following is/are the power/s of family court?

  1. The family court has the power to make their own procedure

  2. They are not required to record the oral statement of the witness at length

  3. The appeal from family courts lies directly to the High Court

  4. All of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Main goal of establishment of family courts is for secure and speed settlement of disputes relating to marriage and family affairs. Matters like divorce, separation, maintenance, custody of children are usually dealt in family courts. Powers of family court include: they can make their own procedure for settling a case, they are not required to record the oral statement of the witness at length and appeal from family courts lies directly to the High Court.

Judge of the family court is appointed by ___________.

  1. Supreme Court

  2. State government

  3. Chief Justice of India

  4. President of India


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Main goal of establishment of family courts is for secure and speed settlement of disputes relating to marriage and family affairs. Matters like divorce, separation, maintenance, custody of children are usually dealt in family courts. Judge of the family court is appointed by State government.

Which of the following is/are true regarding Lok Adalat?

  • A. Up to 2004 more than 2, 00,000 Lok Adalats have been held.
  • B. More than 21 million cases have been settled by the year 2004.

  1. Only A

  2. Only B

  3. Both A and B

  4. None


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Lok Adalat is a special type of court in which disputes are settled by the mutual consent. Disputes are solved by direct talks between litigants. Given two statements are true regarding Lok Adalat which says that up to 2004 more than 2, 00,000 Lok Adalats have been held and by the end of 2004, 21 million cases have been settled

In which year was the first Lok Adalat held?

  1. March 1982

  2. April 1982

  3. May 1991

  4. June 1992


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Lok Adalat is a court designed to shorten the time taken for settling disputes especially in the cases like partition of property and matrimonial cases. Lok Adalat was initially started in Gujarat in March 1982.

Matters like divorce, separation, maintenance, custody of children are usually dealt in ____________.

  1. Civil court

  2. Criminal court

  3. Family court

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Main goal of establishment of family courts is for secure and speed settlement of disputes relating to marriage and family affairs. Matters like divorce, separation, maintenance, custody of children are usually dealt in family courts.

Requisites to be a judge of family court ____________.

  1. Has for at least seven years held a judicial office in India

  2. Has for at least seven years been an advocate of a High Court

  3. Both A and B

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Matters like divorce, separation, maintenance, custody of children are usually dealt in family courts. Judge of the family court is appointed by State government. The necessary conditions that are to be met by a person to be the judge of family courts include: he should have at least seven years in judicial office in India or should have worked as an advocate of a high court for seven years.

Family Courts Act was enacted in which of the following years?

  1. 1985

  2. 1984

  3. 1986

  4. 1983


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Family Courts Act was enacted in the year 1984 on 14th September. The main goal of this act was to establish family courts for secure and speedy settlement of disputes relating to marriage and family affairs.

Which of the following cases cannot be be settled easily by Lok Adalat?

  1. Partition suits

  2. Matrimonial cases

  3. Criminal cases

  4. A and B only


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Lok Adalat is a special type of court in which disputes are settled by the mutual consent. Disputes are solved by direct talks between litigants. Main condition of the Lok Adalat is that both parties in dispute should agree for settlement. It is a court designed to shorten the time taken for settling disputes especially in the cases like partition of property and matrimonial cases.

Which of the following is/are true?

The need for Lok Adalats is aggravated in India by:

A. Huge population of India

B. Unmanageable burden on the Judiciary system 

  1. Only A

  2. Only B

  3. Both A and B

  4. None


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Lok Adalat is a court designed to shorten the time taken for settling disputes especially in the cases like partition of property and matrimonial cases. The main reasons that forced the establishment of Lok Adalat are: huge population of India and unmanageable burden on the Judiciary system.