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A district court gives a ruling that contradicts a Supreme Court judgment. Which prevails?Read the answer and worked solution →A lawyer files a case on behalf of poor prisoners who cannot approach the court themselves. What is this called?Read the answer and worked solution →Undertrials in Bihar had spent longer in jail than their possible sentence. Which early PIL arose from this?Read the answer and worked solution →A Tihar prisoner's scribbled note on torture was turned into a petition by which judge?Read the answer and worked solution →Under which article can a citizen move the Supreme Court for writs like habeas corpus?Read the answer and worked solution →Under which article do High Courts issue writs?Read the answer and worked solution →The Supreme Court strikes down a law that clashes with the Constitution. What is this power called?Read the answer and worked solution →Is the term judicial review written anywhere in the Constitution?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1973 the Supreme Court held that Parliament cannot violate the Constitution's basic structure. Which case was this?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year was the right to property removed from the list of fundamental rights?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch independenceRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the PIL casesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the courtsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the writsRead the answer and worked solution →Which jurisdictionRead the answer and worked solution →Who does whatRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Judiciary bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The Union and a State disagree over who controls a subject. Which body settles the legal dispute?Read the answer and worked solution →A student searches the Constitution for the word federation. What does she find?Read the answer and worked solution →How does Article 1 describe India?Read the answer and worked solution →Why did the framers want a strong centre at independence?Read the answer and worked solution →Parliament creates a new State by splitting an existing one. Which power is this?Read the answer and worked solution →During a national emergency, what happens to Parliament's law making power?Read the answer and worked solution →Why do States depend on grants from the centre?Read the answer and worked solution →A Governor holds back a State bill and sends it to the President instead of signing. What power is this?Read the answer and worked solution →Parliament wants to legislate on a State List subject in the national interest. Which House must ratify the move?Read the answer and worked solution →A State wants to sack an IAS collector for misconduct. Can it?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Act rests on Articles 33 and 34, which protect persons acting under martial law?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1977 which State government issued a document demanding a restructuring of centre-State relations?Read the answer and worked solution →

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A district court gives a ruling that contradicts a Supreme Court judgment. Which prevails?

  1. The High Court decides
  2. Parliament decides
  3. The Supreme Court ruling
  4. The district court ruling
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Correct answer: C. The Supreme Court ruling

1. Supreme Court decisions bind all courts in India. 2. Its orders are enforceable nationwide. 3. The Court itself may review its own rulings. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 6, Judiciary._

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A lawyer files a case on behalf of poor prisoners who cannot approach the court themselves. What is this called?

  1. Private civil suit petition
  2. Contempt of court petition
  3. Presidential advisory reference
  4. Public Interest Litigation
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Correct answer: D. Public Interest Litigation

1. Normally only the aggrieved can sue. 2. Since 1979 others may file for them. 3. This is Public Interest Litigation. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 6, Judiciary._

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Undertrials in Bihar had spent longer in jail than their possible sentence. Which early PIL arose from this?

  1. Hussainara Khatoon vs Bihar
  2. Sunil Batra vs Delhi Admin
  3. Kesavananda Bharati case
  4. Bandhua Mukti Morcha case
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Correct answer: A. Hussainara Khatoon vs Bihar

1. Newspaper reports in 1979 prompted a petition. 2. The Supreme Court heard it. 3. It became the Hussainara Khatoon vs Bihar case. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 6, Judiciary._

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