JUDICIAL EXAM NOTES

1. In which one of the following cases, ‘Preamble’ was held to be part of the Constitution, hence amendable ?

• In Re Berubari 
• Kesavananda Bharati V. State of Kerala

Kesavananda Bharati case is a milestone and also a turning point in the constitutional history of India. D.G. Palekar, J. held that the Preamble is a part of the Constitution and, therefore, is amendable under Article 368.

2.Under the Indian Penal Code, abetment is constituted

• By instigating a person to commit an offence
• By engaging in conspiracy to commit an offence
• By intentionally aiding a person to commit an offence
• All of the above

3. Doctrine of Pith and Substance relates to

• Interpretation of Statutes to solve problems arising out of territorial nexus
• Interpretation of Statutes to solve problems of waiver of Fundamental Rights

4. The distinction between Sections 299 and 300 I. P. C. was made clear by:

• Marshall, J. in R. V. Govinda
• Melvill, J. in Govinda V. R.
• Melvill, J. in R. V. Govinda

5.Supreme Court of India permitted passive euthanasia subject to certain guidelines in the case of

   Ans: Aruna Ramchandra Shanbaugh vs. Union of India

6. Article 123 deals with :

• Power of the President to promulgate ordinances
• Power of the Parliament to pass bills

7.The Supreme Court in its seminal decision in the ________________ case developed the doctrine of ‘potential effect of an office’

    Ans: Jaya Bachchan v. Union of India

8. Grievous Hurt means:

• Emasculation
• Disguration
• Any hurt which endangers life
• All of the above

9. Provision of imposing the President's rule in case of failure of Constitutional machinery in the states is provided under :

    Ans: Article 356

10. Whoever voluntarily obstructs any person so as to prevent that person from proceeding in any direction in which that person has a right to proceed is :

• Wrongful confinement
• Force