CLAT Legal Reasoning — practice questions
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Practice CLAT Legal Reasoning in the app →Which Article of the Constitution gives the Right to Constitutional Remedies, called by Dr. Ambedkar the 'hearA court orders that an arrested person be physically produced before it to examine the legality of the arrest.An accused must be produced before the nearest magistrate within how many hours of arrest?The Right against Exploitation primarily prohibits:After the 44th Amendment (1978), the right to property exists as:Under the Constitution, preventive detention beyond three months ordinarily requires review by:Principle: Article 15 forbids discrimination against any citizen on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sexPrinciple: Freedom of speech and expression under Article 19(1)(a) is subject only to reasonable restrictions Principle: Article 16(4) allows the State to reserve posts for any backward class not adequately represented iPrinciple: Directive Principles of State Policy are non-justiciable. Facts: A citizen sues the government for A writ issued by a higher court to stop a lower court from proceeding in a matter that exceeds its jurisdictioA writ issued to restrain a person from holding a public office to which he is not legally entitled is:Principle: A public official can be compelled by a writ to perform a legal duty he is refusing to perform. TheThe Fundamental Duties were added to the Constitution by which amendment?Principle: No person shall be prosecuted and punished for the same offence more than once. Facts: A person alrThe Supreme Court's decision in the Kesavananda Bharati case (1973) established that:Principle: Article 21 guarantees the right to life and personal liberty, which the Supreme Court has expanded Principle: Freedom to assemble is protected only when the assembly is peaceful and without arms. Facts: A grouPrinciple: Freedom of religion is subject to restrictions for public order, morality and health, and the StateFacts: To implement a Directive Principle, the government enacts a zamindari-abolition law, which landlords chFacts: An undertrial is kept in custody for decades while his case never comes up for hearing. Which right is Principle: Religious and linguistic minorities may establish and administer educational institutions of their Principle: No law shall declare an act an offence with retrospective effect (no ex-post-facto criminal law). FFacts: Women newsreaders above 45 are barred from presenting the news while men of the same age are not. On thWhich statement about the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is correct?Principle: The Constitution permits the propagation of religion but does not protect conversion brought about Which statement best distinguishes Fundamental Rights from Directive Principles of State Policy?