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Multiple choice political science subordinate courts the judiciary-subordinate courts and lok adalats the high courts and subordinate courts of india judiciary in state

When a judge decides civil cases, he is called __________.

  1. Justice

  2. Judge

  3. The District Judge

  4. The Sessions Judge
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Civil cases are handled by the district judges. Civil cases refer to clashes between two or more persons with respect to property, breach of agreement or contract, divorce or landlord-tenant disputes. Civil Courts resolve these disputes. They do not issue any punishment as a violation of the law is not involved in civil cases.

Multiple choice political science subordinate courts the judiciary-subordinate courts and lok adalats the high courts and subordinate courts of india judiciary in state

When a judge decides criminal cases, he is called __________.

  1. Justice

  2. Judge

  3. The District Judge

  4. The Sessions Judge
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Criminal cases are handled by sessions judges. They refer to violation of laws. These cases are regarding theft, rape, physical assault, murder, etc. These cases are filed in the lower court by the police, on behalf of the state, against the accused. These cases lead to punishment, like fine, imprisonment or even death sentence, to the guilty.

Multiple choice political science subordinate courts the judiciary-subordinate courts and lok adalats the high courts and subordinate courts of india judiciary in state

Which is the lowest court of revenue?

  1. District Collector's court

  2. Divisional Commissioner's court

  3. District Court

  4. Naib Tehsildar's court
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

There are Revenue Courts to resolve disputes relating to the agricultural land. The Hierarchy of the revenue courts from top to bottom for disposing of various matters are:
• Financial commissioner,
• Collector (Deputy Commissioner/Additional District Magistrate),
• Revenue Assistant (Sub Divisional Magistrate), and
• Tehsildar/Naib-Tehsildar.

Multiple choice political science subordinate courts the judiciary-subordinate courts and lok adalats the high courts and subordinate courts of india judiciary in state

Usually, the District Judge also acts as a __________.

  1. District Collector

  2. Divisional Commissioner

  3. District Engineer

  4. District Superintendent of Police
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Civil cases are handled by district judges. Appointments and promotion of district judges in any state shall be made by the Governor of the state in consultation with the high court exercising jurisdiction in relation to such state.

Multiple choice political science subordinate courts the judiciary-subordinate courts and lok adalats the high courts and subordinate courts of india judiciary in state

Tahasildar works on _________ level.

  1. State

  2. Division

  3. District

  4. Tehsil
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Tehsildars are tax officers accompanied by inspectors of Revenue. They are the administrative officers responsible for the collection of the land revenue. They operate specifically at the tehsil level.

Multiple choice political science subordinate courts the judiciary-subordinate courts and lok adalats the high courts and subordinate courts of india judiciary in state

Which of the following is the highest criminal court at the district level?

  1. Sessions court

  2. District court

  3. First class magistrate court

  4. Magistrate court
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Sessions Court is the highest criminal court of the district. Usually, it is presided over by the District Judge, who is called the District and Sessions Judge. It deals with cases concerning more serious offences such as robbery, dacoity, murder, 

Multiple choice political science subordinate courts the judiciary-subordinate courts and lok adalats the high courts and subordinate courts of india judiciary in state

Which of the following statements regarding session's court is wrong?

  1. Sessions court is the highest criminal court at the district level.

  2. Sessions court can impose unconditional death sentence on the accused.

  3. High court has a supervisory jurisdiction over sessions court.

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

The Sessions court is the highest criminal court of the district. It deals with more serious offences like dacoity, robbery and murder. The Sessions or Additional Sessions Judge alone can award a death sentence or life imprisonment. It is mandatory that a sentence of death must be confirmed by the High Court before it is carried out irrespective of whether an appeal is made to the High Court or not. 

Multiple choice political science subordinate courts the judiciary-subordinate courts and lok adalats the high courts and subordinate courts of india judiciary in state

The Judge of a Subordinate Court is termed as  _______ while dealing with civil cases.

  1. Subordinate Judge

  2. Sessions Judge

  3. District judge

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

The court of the District judge is the principal or the highest court of the district. It decides both civil and criminal cases. When a judge decided civil cases he is called the District Judge and when he decides criminal cases he is called the Sessions Judge.

Multiple choice political science subordinate courts the judiciary-subordinate courts and lok adalats the high courts and subordinate courts of india judiciary in state

Which Court hears the appeals against the decisions of the sub-judges?

  1. Supreme Court

  2. High Court

  3. Both (A) & (B)

  4. District Court
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D Correct answer
Explanation

There are several civil courts working under the District Judge such as the Court of the Subordinate Civil Judge (First Class), the Court of Sub-Judge (also known as a Munsif) and courts of small causes.

Multiple choice political science subordinate courts the judiciary-subordinate courts and lok adalats the high courts and subordinate courts of india judiciary in state

Superintendent of Police is the highest police official at ___________.

  1. State level

  2. Country level

  3. District level

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

In India, a District Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) or Superintendent of Police (SP) heads the police force of a district. In metropolitan areas having police commissionerate system (like in Delhi Police or Mumbai Police), the head of district police is called Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), and he holds the rank of a SP or SSP.