Daily Quiz for Judiciary Exam Preparation – January 24th – Mixed Bag

1. In which of the following cases has the Supreme Court observed that the payment of the cheque amount and compounding of offences could be made online?

2. “In every summons, issued to the accused, it may be indicated that if the accused deposits the specified amount, which should be assessed by the Court having regard to the cheque amount and interest/cost, by a specified date, the accused need not appear unless required and proceedings may be a closed subject to any valid objection of the complainant. If the accused complies with such summons and informs the Court and the complainant by e-mail, the Court can ascertain the objection, if any, of the complainant and close the proceedings unless it becomes necessary to proceed with the case.” The Supreme Court held the above proposition in

3. In which of the following cases has the Supreme Court, inter alia, directed The Ministry of Women and Child Development of the Government of India which is concerned with the implementation of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 to discuss with the concerned officers of the State Governments and formulate procedures for tabulating the number of children (if any) who suffer an unnatural death in child care institutions where they are kept in custody either because they are in conflict with law or because they need care and protection.

4. In which of the following cases has the Supreme Court, inter alia, directed The Union Government and the Governments of the States and Union Territories to ensure that the process of registration of all child care institutions is completed positively by 31 December 2017 with the entire data being confirmed and validated?

5. In which of the following cases has the Supreme Court, inter alia, directed the governments of the States and Union Territories to set up Inspection Committees as required by the Juvenile Justice Act and the Model Rules to conduct regular inspections o f child care institutions and to prepare reports of such inspections so that the living conditions o f children in these institutions undergo positive changes, and further directed that those Inspection Committees should be constituted on or before 31 July 2017 and they should conduct the first inspection o f the child care institutions in their jurisdiction and submit a report to the concerned government of the States and Union Territories on or before 31 December 2017?

6. In which of the following cases has the Supreme Court held that the definition of the expression “child in need o f care and protection” u/s 2(14) of the Juvenile Justice Act should not be interpreted as an exhaustive definition, and observed that the definition is illustrative and the benefits envisaged for children in need of care and protection should be extended to all such children in fact requiring State care and protection?

7. In which of the following cases was the following determination made “The only conclusion that can be arrived at is that the definition in section 2(d) defining the term “age” cannot include mental age”