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§ Supreme Court was established under Constitution of India.
§ Supreme Court consists of Chief Justice and 25 other Judges.
§ Ad hoc Judges of Supreme Court are appointed by Chief Justice with the consent of President.
§ Special leave petition is provided under Article 136 of Constitution.
§ Supreme Court interprets the Constitution under the appellate jurisdiction.
§ Election of President is made by Electoral College.
§ President once appointed holds office for 5 years from the date he enters into his office.
§ President addresses his resignation to Vice – President.
§ Prime Minister is appointed by President.
§ Number of Union Ministers including Prime Minister can be upto 15% of the total number of members of the Legislative Assembly of that State.
§ Speaker of Lok Sabha presides over the Joint Session of Parliament.
§ The minimum age required to be a member of Lok Sabha is 25 years.
§ Article 370 of the Constitution provides special provision for State of Jammu and Kashmir.
§ The Union Territories like Delhi and Pondicherry have their own Legislative Assemblies.
§ Supreme Court and High Courts both can entertain writs.
§ Taxes on stamp duty levied by States.
§ Constitution 42nd Amendment is called as mini Constitution.
§ Constitution 52nd Amendment relates to political defection.
§ Parliament has right to frame the election procedure.
§ Article 356 tells about State Emergency.
§ Election Commission consists of Chief Election Commissioner and two other Election Commissioners.
§ At president India has 22 regional languages.
§ Rajasthan for the first time implemented Panchayati Raj system.
§ Chairman of Panchayat is Sarpanch.
§ Chairman of Panchayat Sammiti is Pradhan.
§ Minority Commissioin received constitutional status in 1992.
§ Right to shelter is not suggested to be the fundamental right by the report of National Commission to Review the Working of Constitution (NCRWC).
§ Political sovereignty is constituted by people.
§ International labour organization formulates International Labour Standards in the form of conventional recommendations.
§ Citizenship Amendment Act of 2003 provides for the dual citizenship to People of Indian Origin (PIO) in sixteen specified countries.
§ Candidate for contesting Lok Sabha seats and States Assemblies has to declare his assets, antecedents, educational qualifications and previous nominations.
§ Year 2002 – 07 relates to 10th Five Year Plan.
§ Accused below the age of 18 years can be tried under Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000.
§ Justice R. C. Lahoti is the 35th Chief Justice of India.
§ Law declared by Supreme Court is binding by all Courts in India under article 141 of the Constitution.
§ Telgi case relates to fake stamp and stamp papers scam.
§ Punishment for manufacturing, selling and dealing with spurious drugs is death sentence.
§ Post of Deputy Prime Minister is not proved in Constitution of India.
§ In Keshavanand Bharati case Supreme Court held that Preamble of Constitution is its basic structure.
§ Right to life means not like animal existence.
§ Right to work is not a fundamental right.
§ Right to education is a fundamental right.
§ Executive power of Union is vested in President.
§ Executive power of a State is vested in Governor.
§ Disputes relating to election is heard by Supreme Court and High Courts.
§ Lok Sabha seats are allotted in States on the basis of population.
§ Jurisdiction to try an offence depends upon the nationality of offender.
§ Prosecution under Indian Penal Code can be brought at any time after the commissions of an offence.
§ Clemency of capital punishment is granted by President of India.
§ Competency of contract relates to party should be major and soundness of his mind.
§ A contract with or by minor is void.
§ Hearsay evidence is repetition of statement of other witnesses.
§ Insolvent is a person whose assets and resources are insufficient to meet his liabilities.
§ Deponent is a person who makes an affidavit.
§ Desertion means abandonment of one spouse by another spouse.
§ Domicile is the place where a person ordinarily resides.
§ Defendant means a person against whom any court proceeding are brought for trial.
§ FIR the First Information Report which is given to police about the complainant's grievance against the culprit.
§ Contract is a legally binding agreement enforceable by law.
§ Bail is the releasing of an arrestee after taking a bond or surety.
§ Absconder is the person who runs away from legal process of his arrest.
§ Jurisprudence is the philosophy of law relating to its fundamental principles.
§ Kidnapping is the taking away or abducting a person out of another's custody or from lawful guardianship.
§ Minor is a person who has not completed his 18 years of age and where a guardian is appointed the age limit is 21 years.
§ Writ is the judicial process or written command or order by Court or a legal instrument to enforce obedience to the order for restraining to do some act.
§ Administrative law is the law relating to functions and powers of government organizations or authority.
§ Anticipatory bail is grant or release of an accused where he is apprehended by police for his arrest.
§ Capital punishment is the sentence of death imposed as the punishment for murder of rarest of rare cases.
§ Cognizable offence is the offence for which police can arrest without warrant.
§ Contempt of Court means willful disregard or disobedience to a Court of law.
§ Court fee is the fee payable on filling of a suit, application or appeal in a Court.
§ Criminal conspiracy is the act of the person who agrees to do or causes to be done an illegal act.
§ Criminal misappropriation is the dishonest misappropriation or conversation of one's use of any movable property.
§ Culpable homicide is an act when committed though not sufficient in ordinary course of nature to cause death or is likely to cause death.
§ Death sentence is an extreme penalty given in the offence of rarest of race cases.
§ Dying declaration, is a statement by a person as to cause of his death.
§ Witness is the person who gives details of his evidence in the court.
§ Frustration of contract is the cancellation of a contract due to impossibility of performance.
§ Hostile witness is the person or witness who is not desirous to tell the truth that relate to the case or subject – matter.
§ Interpretation of statutes is the method or a process of looking into the true meaning of word used in a statute.
§ Negotiable instruments are the transferable security or bills like cheques, promissory notes and Bills of Exchange.
§ Partisan witness is the person who gives his evidence in support of a party.
§ Preventive detention is the detaining or restraining a person without trail and conviction by a Court on ground of suspicion.
§ Public interest litigation is the process of the litigation which is filed in a Court by any public spirited citizen for the cause of others.
§ Separation of power is the system where the State organs like executives, judiciary and legislature are separate from each other.
§ Summons case is the case relating to an offence not being a warrant case.
§ Unlawful assembly is the association of five or more persons pursuing a common object of doing or inspiring a crime.
§ Warrant case denoted a case relating to an offence punishable with death, imprisonment for life or imprisonment exceeding 2 years.
§ Warrant of arrest is the written order issued by a Magistrate for commanding the arrest of an accused.
§ Written statement is the pleading filled by defendant in a suit stating his grounds of his defence.
§ Vicarious liability is the liability of a person for acts of another.
§ World Environment Law Foundation is situated at Washington D.C. USA.
§ Dr. Manmohan Singh became the 17th Prime Minister of India in 14th Lok Sabha
§ Mr. Somnath Chaterjee became the speaker of 14th Lok Sabha.
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