Union & State Judiciary of INDIA MCQs set 1 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Special leave petition power of the Supreme Court does not extend to the following judgments, decrees, etc.

1. Interim order
2. Any court or tribunal constituted by or under any law relating to the Armed forces
3. Criminal cases.

a) 2 only

b) 3 only

c) 1 and 3 only

d) 2 and 3 only

Question : 2

Consider the following regarding the death penalty

1. Indian law permits execution only in the cases of ‘rarest of rare’ crimes.
2. In India pardoning power of the president with respect to death sentence is decided by the president as per recommendations of the Union Home Ministry.
3. Recently, China, Pakistan, voted against a UN resolution on calling for a ban on capital punishment while India supported the resolution.

a) 1, 2 nor 3

b) 2 and 3 only

c) 1 only

d) 1 and 2 only

Question : 3

Public Interest Litigation (PIL) may be linked with

a) judicial sanctity

b) judicial intervention

c) judicial review

d) judicial activism

Question : 4

Which of the following is not a qualification for a person to be the Chief Justice of the High Court?

a) None of the above

b) He should have been a Judge in any court of India for not less than 10 years

c) He should be a distinguished jurist

d) He should be a renowned writer in the field of law

Question : 5

Parliament of which of the following SAARC country has recently voted to remove chief justice of the country on charges of corruption, in a move analysts say could trigger a constitutional crisis?

a) India

b) Bangladesh

c) Pakistan

d) Sri Lanka

Question : 6

The Chief Justice of Uttarakhand who also became the Chief Justice of India –

a) Justice S. H. Kapadia

b) Justice Barin Ghosh

c) Justice Ashok A. Desai

d) Justice P. C. Verma