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Legal GK

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Published in: Law, Ethics and Communication
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Very useful current Legal GK for CLAT & other competitive examinations.

Devinder S / Chandigarh

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  1. LEGAL GK Interpretation of 13. Minerva Mills V. I-JOI Stuck down the 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. the constitution falls under A ellate •urisdiction Laws made by executive for administrative convenience are called B e-Laws from J & K, Apart Nagaland has a special protection notwithstanding anything contained in constitution in certain matters Speaker can ask a member of a house to stop speaking & let another member speak — Yielding the floor Duration of Zero hour in Lok Sabha Not s ecified/Not fixed State which has the highest number of seats reserved ST in Lok Sabha — Madhya Pradesh Five Year plan Concept borrowed from USSR The act that provided for the first time for separate representation of muslim community council act Indian (Morley Minto Reforms 1909 CJ of Andhra Pradesh High court — Chancellor of NALSAR University of law located in H derabad 10. Legal advisor to the govt. of state in India Advocate eneral 11. D.K. Basu V. State of precedence of Directive principles over Fundamental ri hts Statutory body of 14. BCI laying down the standards of professional conduct & etiquette for advocates in India 15. MCI - Statutory body of laying down the standards of professional conduct & etiquette for Doctors in India Max. time for filing of a 16. complaint before consumer disputes redressal forum from the date when Cause of action arises — 2 Years Oldest High court in India 17. — Hi h court of Calcutta 1st Woman judge to be 18. appointed to Supreme court of India — J. Faatima Beevi 1st Woman judge to be 19. appointed to High court of India — J. Leela Seth 20. Arun Shaubhag V. I-JOI - Passive euthanasia under exceptional circumstances allowed 21. Total High courts in India — 24 (3 New High courts added Manipur, Meghala a & Tri ura 22. Andaman & Nicobar islands come under the jurisdiction of Calcutta Hi h court 23. Lakshadweep islands come under the W.B Safeguards for arrested ersons Ashwani 12. Seema V. Kumar -Compulsory regd. Of marriages in India jurisdiction of Kerala High court 24. Finance Secretary — Not a constitutional ost 25. CDC, CAG, Vice resident of India
  2. Constitutional posts 43. Constituent assembly 26. CJI removed by which framed constitution the for Impeachment proceedings 2/ 3rd majority 27. Constitutional bench — 5 Jud es 28. Full bench — All judges in a court or Specified No. of judges fixed by Chief ustice 29. Division bench Jud es 2 30. Right to vote Legal/ Constitutional Right 31. Right to Property Le al/ Statutor ri ht 32. 1st Law Minister of India — Dr. B.R. Ambedkar committee 33. 1st on Backward classes — Kelkar commission 34. Babri Masjid demolition case commission Liberhan 35. Reservation of seats for Backward classes Mandal commission 36. Center-states relations Sarkaria commission (First) M.M. Punchhi Commission Second 37. Advocates act — 1961 38. 1st Indian state to be formed on Linguistic basis — Andhra Pradesh 39. First General elections took lace — 1951 40. Setting a Supreme court was in Calcutta is a part of Regulating act, 1773 41. NJAC has been set up 99th Amendment act (Collegium restored system 42. Anti Defectionlaw is 10th provided under Schedule independent India was set u in 1946 44. Original members in Constituent assembly 389 Members 45. Defamation — Both Tort & Crime 46. First hour of every sitting of Parliament is known as Question Hour 47. 1st Speaker of Lok Sabha — G. V. Mavlankar India Governor 48. 1st General of Free India — C. Ra• o alachari 49. 1st Governor General of India — Lord Mountbatten 50. 1st Amendment came in 1951 51. Primary education was added to the list of Fundamental Rights — 93rd Amendment Child marriage restraint 52. act, 2006 is applicable to all of irrespective religion Manager of Wakf is known 53. as — Mutawalli 54. A witness who is unable to speak gives his evidence by writing in open court — Oral evidence 55. 1st Chairman of NHRC J. Ran anath Mishra Osification test is done 56. to determine age Sedition is the crime of 57. arousing hatred or contem t a ainst GOI 58. An act done under the threat or fear is done under Duress 59. In la, a man is presumed to be dead if he is not
  3. heard of as alive for 7 73. 1st Attorney general of India — M.C. Setalvad Years 60. Chairman of First law 74. Present Solicitor general commission of India — M.C. of India — Ranjit Kumar Setalvad 1955 75. After independence the 61. Present chairman of 21st Supreme court of India Law commission of India — came into existence in the J. Balbir Singh chauhan year of 1950 (2015-18) 76. J Recommendation for reducing the age of marriage for Groom from P.N. Responsible Bhagwati for 21 to 18 Years. 62. Duration of Law commission — 3 Years 63. Lex Loci — Law of Place 64. In the year 2002, the competition act was enacted replacing MRTP Act 1969 65. The disobedience of any judgment, order of a court amounts to Contempt of court 66. First Lok Adalat was held at Chennai 67. The maximum amount of compensation when a person is groundlessly arrested — 1000/- 68. Father of Jurisprudence — John Locke 69. Vishakha V. State of Raj. Supreme court issued guidelines on Sexual harassment of women at work laces 70. Goa comes under the jurisdiction of Mumbai High court 79. BBB 81. 7th Pay Chairman Mathur 82. 83. 88. introduction of PIL in India 77. A post dated cheque bears Future date 78. SLP can be filed before the Supreme Court Oldest code of law in India is Manusmriti 80. Vinod Rai — Chairman of Banks Board Bureau Commission J. A.K. (Chief CIC Present Information Commissioner) - R.K. Mathur Pakistan Parliament became the world first parliament to run fully on Solar Power 84. J. Fazal Ali First 71. In an election, electioneering has to be stopped 48 Hrs. before startin the ollin 72. The examination of a witness by the adverse party is called Cross Examination Supreme court judge who started chamber practice after retirement 85. J. D.K. Jain - Wrote the lead judgment in 2G scam case 2012 86. The constitutional (1 17th amendment) bill 2012 deals with Reservation in romotions project was 87. E-Court launched in 2007 Estonia Country Recently introduced a law which allows to cast vote through mobile phones 89. Calcutta Hi h Court
  4. Established first green bench in the count 90. Offence U/s 138 NI Act related to Dishonour of a cheque — Compoundable offence 91. Simultaneous civil & criminal proceedings are maintainable but result of one proceeding is not binding on another 92. Cognizable offence Arrest without warrant 93. Supreme court or High Nov. 106. ICJ was established in 1946 107. ICJ judges are elected for 9 Yrs. 108. Registration of court authority to designate an advocate as Senior Advocate 94. First chairman of BCI M.C. Setalvad 95. Present Chairman of BCI — Manan Kumar Mishra 96. Members of CVC are appointed for the term of 4 immovable property is required if value of property is more than 100/- 109. An offence punishable with imprisonment for a term exceeding 2 Yrs. is a Warrant Case 110. FIR can be quashed only b Hi h Court 1 11. A foreigner committing an offence in India will be amenable to the Indian Law 112. Demand draft, cheque, pay orders & Bankers cheque are valid for 3 Yrs. 97. Present CVC Chaudhar K.V. Months 01/04/2012 India 113.1n (w.e.f UCC is 98. A, an Indian citizen with a wife & 2 Children marries a British girl in UK - He can be tried in India for bigamy on his return to India 99. No fault liability Absolute liability even without any negligence or fault 100. NHRC - Statuto bod 101. Copyright subsists for 60 Yrs. 102. First model E-Court of country was launched at Ahmadabad Inquiry into 103. Inquest the apparent cause of applicable in the state of Goa 114. The duration of CAG of India - 6 Yrs. 115. Chairperson of National Judicial academy — Balram Gu ta 116. First woman CM of state — Mrs. Sucheta Kri lani 117. First woman Governor of state Naidu Mrs. Sarojini 118. First woman to climb Mount Everest Bachhendri Pal 119. 1st woman advocate Cornelia Sorab'ee death 104. Concept of PIL originated in USA 105. Le al Services da 120. 1st British General Hastin s Governor Warren was 9th 121. 1st Viceroy of India Lord canning
  5. judge face 122. 1st to impeachment proceedings in Lok Sabha Ramaswamy 123. Guardian of public purse - CAG 124.B.N. Rau Constitutional advisor to constituent assembl 125. Zonal Councils (Advisory or statutory bodies — Five 126. 1st amendment — Added 9th Schedule to give le islation Land reforms 127. 42nd amendment 1976 — Mini Constitution 128. 1st Commercial courts was set up in Delhi (Mar. 25, 2016 129. First states two established Panchayati Raj Rajasthan & Andhra Pradesh 130. Five Yr. Plan in India is finally approved by NDC (National Development Council 131. Supreme court was set up by Regulating act 1773 132. 1st Indian state to go for internet voting — Gujrat A r. 2011 133. Longest serving PM — Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru 140. Chairman of PAC of Parliament is appointed by President 141. A person who is not a MP can be appointed as a minister by the president for a maximum period of 6 Months 142. Judges and magistrates of civil courts are applicable by Governor 143. In case the office of president of India falls vacant the same must be filed within 6 Months 144. Senior most member of Lok Sabha — Presides over the 10k Sabha if neither the speaker nor the deputy s eaker is available 145. Distribution of powers b/w union and state have been borrowed from Canada 146. Longest serving CM in India — J oti Basu 147. Public holidays are declared under Negotiable instruments act, 1881 148. Indian Constitution as quasi-federal Wheare 149. Ashok committee K.C. Mehta Panchayati 134. 1st CIC Habibullah 135. Fiduciary Wajahat relationship are based on Trust (Eg. Doctor-Patient 136. CBI was established in 1963 Barker 137. Ernest Preamble is the keystone to the constitution 138. Gram Panchyat is the lowest sta e of Local ovt. 139. Japan Parliament is known as Diet Ra• Institutions 150. Balwant rai Mehta committee — 3 Tier s stem 151. Leaving the opposition party to join rulling party or vice versa — Crossing the floor 152. A bill referred to joint sitting of parliament is to be passed by Simple ma •orit 153. PM is the chairman of National water resource council

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