CT 15: Supreme Court and Judiciary

Which of the following statements is false in context of Indian justice system?

Federal court of India is the predecessor of _________.

In the following questions, there are two statements. One is labelled as Assertion (A) and other is labelled as Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : The District Judge is the highest judicial authority in the district.

Reason (R) : The District Judge has both judicial and administrative powers.

He has also supervisory powers over all the subordinate courts in the district.In the context of the above two statements which of the following is correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. Any private person can also arrest any other person who, in his presence, commits a non-bailable and cognizable offence and can take him to the nearest police station.

2. A police officer authorized to arrest any person without a warrant can pursue such a person to any place in India outside his territorial jurisdiction.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which of the statements with regard to Ad hoc judges of the Supreme Court is/are correct?

1. They are appointed by the Chief Justice of India with the previous consent of the President.

2. They are appointed when there is a lack of quorum of the permanent judges to hold or continue any session of the Supreme Court.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Consider the following statements:

1. The Parliament is not authorised to curtail the jurisdiction and powers of the Supreme Court.

2. The Parliament is also not authorised to extend the jurisdiction and powers of the Supreme Court.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding Judicial Review:

1. Judicial Review is applicable to the actions of legislative, executive, and administrative arms of the government.

2. The court cannot repeal the laws but can only suggest amendment in the laws, if found incompatible with the terms of the constitution.

3. The Doctrine has been taken from United States (USA) constitution.

4. The power of judicial review has not been applied to Constitution Amendments.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements with respect to Judicial Activism:

a. The concept of judicial activism originated and developed in England.

b. Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer, Justice P.N. Bhagwati, Justice O. Chinnappa Reddy and Justice D.A. Desai laid the foundations of judicial activism in India.

c. The concept of judicial activism is closely related to the concept of Public Interest Litigation (PIL).

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding Public Interest Litigation (PIL)?

1. It has been borrowed from American jurisprudence.

2. It is not defined in any statute or in any act. 

3. It is an important instrument of social change.

Consider the following statements:

1. The Lok Adalat means 'People's Court' is based on Gandhian Principles.

2. The Lok Adalat shall have the same powers as vested in a civil court under the Code of civil procedure in some cases.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?