Legal and Constitutional Flashcards

Cabinet Mission Plan of 1946

The plan under which the constitution was set up in India.

24th Amendment

Amendment that conferred the power to amend the constitution upon the Parliament.

Part 12 of the Constitution

The part of the Indian Constitution where the right to property is now found.

26th Amendment

Amendment that abolished privy purses in India.

Article 78

Defines the duties of the Prime Minister of India.

Sergeant at Arms

Official who the Speaker can enlist to maintain law and order in the Lok Sabha.

April 1, 2010

Date when the right to education became a fundamental right in India.

Scandinavian countries

The origin of the idea of Lokpal.

C Rajagopalachari

The VP of the Executive Council in the interim government founded in 1946.

13th May 2002

Date when the golden jubilee of the Parliament was celebrated.

Article 343

Article prescribing Hindi in Devanagiri script as the official language of the union.

Comptroller and Auditor General

Considered the 4th pillar of the constitution.

Crossing the floor

Term for when a person leaves the opposition to join the ruling party.

Hung Parliament

Situation after a general election where no party gets an absolute majority in Lok Sabha.

Kuldeep Singh

Judge famously known as the ‘Green judge’.

Proxy voting

Another term for postal voting.

Responsible government

Another term for the Parliamentary form of government.

HC Mookherjee

Vice Chairman of the Constituent Assembly.

Switzerland

Country that introduced direct democracy.

Edwin Lutyens

Designed the Rashtrapathy Bhawan.

Yielding the floor

When the speaker asks a member to stop speaking and let another member speak

Committee on Estimates

Largest committee of the Parliament.

Sanction

The physical force of the state that lies behind the law.

Bar Council

Collects the enrollment fee of an advocate.

Section 226 BNS

Deals with offence of attempt to commit suicide to compel or restrain exercise of lawful power by a government servant.

Gujarat High Court

High court that streamed proceedings via Youtube during the pandemic for the first time.

Section 144 BNSS

Deals with maintenance of wives, children and parents.

7th amendment

Provided for the establishment of common high courts for two or more states.

Section 127 BNS

Provides for wrongful confinement.

Joint and several

The liability of tortfeasors.

Vote on account

In the Indian parliamentary system, it is valid for 2 months.

15th amendment

Changed the retirement age of High Court judges from 60 to 62.

Section 77 BNS

Provides for voyeurism.

Section 78 BNS

Provides for stalking.

52nd amendment

Banned floor crossing in Parliament.

Section 113

Term terrorist act is defined in which section of BNS.

Law of torts

Largely been developed through customs and precedents.

Jeremy Bentham

Father of jurisprudence.

Hugo Grotius

Father of International law.

Hegel

The most influential thinker of the philosophical school of jurisprudence.

Savigny

Father of the historical school of jurisprudence.

Henry Maine

Father of the English historical school of jurisprudence.

John Austin

Father of the analytical school of jurisprudence.

Roscoe Pound

Gave the term social engineering.

Section 8 of Hindu Marriage Act 1955

Provides for the registration of Hindu marriages.

The Companies Act

Enforced in 2013.

The Consumer Protection Act

Enforced in 2019.

The Copyright Act

Enforced in 1957.

The Patents Act

Enforced in 1970.

The Designs Act

Enforced in 2000.

The Trademark Act and GI indicator

Enforced in 1999.

The National Green Tribunal act

Enforced in 2010.

The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances

Enforced in 1985.

The Information Technology Act

Enforced in 2000.

The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act

Established in 1971.

The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act

Amended in 2021.

The Charter of Human Rights

Adopted in 1948.

The CrPC

Came into force on April 1, 1974.

Sir James Stephen

Prepared the Bill of Evidence Act.

Geeta Mihal

First woman judge in J&K high court.

Calcutta

First high court to establish green bench in India.

42nd amendment

Curtailed the Supreme Court’s power of judicial review.

Vivek Narayan Sharma case

Case law upheld the validity of demonetisation.

Frederick Whyte

First president of the central legislative assembly before India was independent.

JB Kripalani

Chairman of the fundamental rights subcommittee.

Prem Behari Narain Raizada

Handwritten the constitution.

Composite Negligence

When the negligence of two or more persons result in the same damage, it is said to be a case of what negligence?

Common object

The newly added work to the offence of Criminal Conspiracy in BNS

Section 80 BNS

Provides for dowry death

280 days

A child is said to be a legitimate child, if he is born how many days after a divorce?

1984

When was the Family Courts Act passed?

Untouchability

Associated with social inequality.

1/3rd

Total number of members in the Legislative Council should not exceed that of a Legislative assembly by?

331

Anglo Indian representatives were nominated in terms of which article?

13th May 1952

When was the Rajya Sabha first constituted?

1971 census

The distribution of seats of parliament is based on which census?

BR Ambedkar

Who wanted DPSP to be the basis of all future legislation?

Constitution of India

World's first constitution to include provisions for the protection and improvement of the environment