Daily Quiz for Judiciary Exam Preparation – January 25th – Mixed Bag

1. The Supreme Court struck down the words “adult male” before the word “person” in section 2(q) of the Domestic Violence Act holding that these words discriminate between persons similarly situated, and is contrary to the object sought to be achieved by the Domestic Violence Act, in

2. Who is the Director General of the National Investigation Agency?

3. Special Leave Petition for reinvestigation in the Mahatma Gandhi murder case has been filed in 2017 by

4. In which of the following cases has the Supreme Court observed that providing social security to the legal profession becomes an essential part of any legal system which has to be effective, efficient and robust to enable it to provide necessary service to the consumers of justice, and held that the additional court fee which is imposed has a direct nexus to the objective sought to be achieved in relation to the service available to the litigants who approach the courts/tribunals for redressal?

5. The Law Commission headed by ___________ recommended the implementation of ‘United Nations Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment’ through legislation, and submitted a draft Prevention of the Torture Bill for the consideration of the Government.

6. The Bar Council of India has the Law Commission’s 266th Report titled ‘The Advocates Act 1961 (Regulation o f Legal Profession)’ suggesting drastic changes in the Advocates Act 1961.

7. The Supreme Court appointed as the amicus curiae in the petition seeking re-investigation in the Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination case.