“Freedom of the press is both qualitative and quantitative. Freedom lies both in circulation and in content.” This was held by the Supreme Court in which of the following case?
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Which of the following statement about the Doctrine of Frustration is true?
“The term ‘impossible’ has not been used in section 56 of the Contract Act in the sense of physical or literal impossibility.” This was held in which of the following case?
Consider the following statements regarding Internal water in the context of UNCLOS-
I. There does not exist any right of innocent passage from which the shipping of other states may benefit.
II. Only a coastal state can exercise its jurisdiction over foreign ships within its internal waters to enforce its laws.
Which case dealt with determining ‘baseline method’ for delimiting the territorial sea in certain coastal areas?
In which case, it was held "that the power of judicial review over legislative action vested in the High Courts under Article 226 and in the Supreme Court under Article 32 of the Constitution is an integral and essential feature of the Constitution, constituting part of its basic structure"?
Consider the following statements:
I. Administrative decisions can be subjected to judicial review under Article 226.
II. However, the grounds for judicial review is confined to grounds of perversity, patent illegality, irrationality, want of power to take the decision and procedural irregularity.
III. Judicial review under Article 226 is directed against the decision.
The unconstitutionality of a statute arises from-
I. Violation of distribution of powers between Centre and States
II. Infringement of fundamental rights
III. If the statute is arbitrary or unreasonable.
Which Articles of Constitution of India explicitly establishes the doctrine of judicial review-
The new JUVENILE JUSTICE (CARE AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN) AMENDMENT ACT was passed in-
Consider the following regarding Juvenille Justice Act, 2015-
I. Adoption of a child is final once a civil court issues an adoption order.
II. The juveniles between the ages of 16-18 years to be tried as adults for heinous offences which is against the standards set by United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
In which case SC observed that the “JJ Act does not deal with offences where the maximum sentence is more than seven years of imprisonment, but there is no minimum sentence, or minimum sentence is of less than seven years."
The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court was adopted at a diplomatic conference in Rome, Italy on which of the following dates?
Consider the following the statements about International Criminal Court (ICC) and make what is true.
The decision in A.K. Kraipak is considered a landmark authority for which of the following propositions:
The Court states in A.K. Kraipak that, ‘If the purpose of the rules of natural justice is to prevent miscarriage of justice one fails to see why those rules should be made inapplicable to administrative enquiries.’ Which of the following approaches to interpretation of statutes does the Court appear to adopt:
In testing whether the rule against bias has been violated, courts often invoke, which of following standards:
Abstract refers to the principle of ‘non-intervention’. Which of the following statements is not true with respect to the principle of ‘non-intervention’ enshrined in Article 2(7) of the UN Charter:
Extract refers to several institutions with law-making power. Security Council may be one such institution. Which of the following statements is not true with respect to the Security Council?
What does the Supreme Court consider as the worst form of cruelty in matrimonial law, based on the provided para?
Which of the following propositions is correct as regards the liability of medical practitioners:
In States which are bicameral, the Governor can promulgate an Ordinance only when:
KK Singh overruled two 5-Judge decisions of the Supreme Court, to hold:
Section 105 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 states that a lease of immovable property is a transfer of a right to enjoy such property under certain conditions.The right to 'enjoy such property':
Based on the information provided in the passage, which of the following is the most accurate as regards the Basic Structure doctrine in Indian Constitutional law?
Based on the passage above, which of the following is Waldron most likely to agree with?
Principles requiring that laws be general, public, prospective, coherent, clear, stable, and practicable are indispensable to law-making correspond to:
Consider the given statements:
(I) Amalgamation is the merger of one or more companies with another company.
(II) Amalgamation may be the merger of two or more companies to form a new company.
(III) The amalgamating company integrates with amalgamated company and the former is dissolved without winding up.
Choose the correct answer from the Code given below:
Imposing irrelevant conditions which have no nexus with the offense or relevance to the object of the bail provisions may violate