Important MCQs Based On Latest Supreme Court Judgments For Law Examinations

Q 1. The prosecution has registered a case against the Police Officer for filing a false case and fabricating the evidence. However, the accused police officer sought exemption from prosecution as no prior sanction was obtained under Section 197 Cr.P.C. before prosecuting him. Decide.a. No Sanction is required to prosecute a public servant for acts committed by him that are not part of...

Important MCQs Based On Latest Supreme Court Judgments For Law Examinations

Q 1. A settlement deed created a life interest in the disputed property in favor of the Hindu Woman. However, the woman considering it her absolute property bequeathed the disputed property through a Will amongst her legal heirs. Decide the legality of the woman's transfer of property via Will in terms of Section 14 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 ("HSA"). a. She committed no error...

Important MCQs Based On Latest Supreme Court Judgments On Law Examinations

Q 1. The trial court convicted the accused in a murder case based on the deceased's mother's testimony deposing that her son (deceased) had made an oral dying declaration pointing out the names of the accused. However, the conviction was set aside by the High Court after noting material discrepancies in the deceased mother's testimony because in her Section 161 CrPC statements she didn't make...

Important MCQs Based On Latest Supreme Court Judgments For Law Examinations

Q 1. After the arguments concluded, the complainant filed an application seeking further investigation under Section 173(8) of the Cr.P.C. The application was filed based on the evidence he led during the trial without averring new material or grounds for further investigation. Decide.a. The application would not be maintainable due to the complainant's failure to produce new material.b....

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Learn From The Expert! Enrol In LiveLaw Academy's Advanced Course On Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam [BSA] 2023 With Senior Advocate & Former Judge, BG HarindranathIn 2020, the Government of India embarked on an ambitious exercise of reforming the Criminal Justice System. On 11th August 2023, three bills titled Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS),...

Important MCQs Based On Latest Supreme Court Judgments For Law Examinations

Q 1. The accused had preferred a petition under Section 482 of CrPC seeking quashing of criminal proceedings pending against him. The complainant protested stating that the proceedings could not be quashed because the quashing petition was filed after submission of the charge sheet. Decide.a. There's a prohibition for the High Court's power to quash the criminal case after filing the...

Learn From The Expert! Enrol In LiveLaw Academy's Advanced Course On Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam [BSA] 2023 With Senior Advocate & Former Judge, BG Harindranath

In 2020, the Government of India embarked on an ambitious exercise of reforming the Criminal Justice System. On 11th August 2023, three bills titled Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023 and Bharatiya Sakshya Bill, 2023 seeking to repeal and replace the Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860, the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), 1973 and the Indian...

Important MCQ's Based On Latest Supreme Court Judgments For Law Examinations

Q 1. State whether it is permissible for the High Courts in a Second Appeal to create a new case for the parties while framing additional questions of law which were never raised in the pleadings.a. No, the High Court cannot create such question of laws which were never a part of the pleadings.b. Yes, the High Court had a wide power to frame any such additional issues which it find...

Important MCQ's Based On Latest Supreme Court Judgments For Law Examinations

Q 1. The Litigant's advocate had withdrawn the application, which was preferred before the Court, without intimating the litigant. The litigant came to know about such withdrawal only after a year. Thereafter, he sought to prefer an application along with an application seeking condonation of delay of 425 days, however, the application was rejected by the Court. Decide.a. The Court has...

Important MCQ's Based On Latest Supreme Court Judgments For Law Examinations

Q 1. Does calling an accused to admit/deny the document produced by the prosecution under Section 294 CrPC violate the right against self-incrimination?a. Yes, the accused has a right to silence.b. Yes, the accused cannot be compelled to be a witness against itself.c. No, the accused cannot be a witness against himself if called upon to admit/deny the documents produced by the prosecution.d....

Important MCQ's Based On Latest Supreme Court Judgments For Law Examinations

Q 1. The Court called on a Public Servant under Section 319 CrPC without following the mandatory requirement of prior sanction to prosecute the public servant for the offence committed under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (PC Act). Decide.a. No Cognizance can be taken against the public servant for want of sanction under Section 19 of the PC Act.b. prosecution sanctioning is not...

Important MCQ's Based On Latest Supreme Court Judgments For Law Examinations

Q 1. A litigant filed an application under Section 5 of the Limitation Act, 1963 seeking condonation of delay on the grounds of a subsequent change in law. Decide the maintainability of such an application.a. Application would not be maintainable as subsequent overruling of a judgment cannot be "sufficient cause" for seeking condonation of delay.b. Application would be maintainable as...