Daily Quiz for Judiciary Exam Preparation – January 6th – Mixed Bag

1.  Which of the following state Governments recently introduced an Ordinance prohibiting media from publishing news relating to corruption of judges and public servants before the registration of FIR? 

2. The Justice Puttaswamy case recently decide by a bench of Nine Judges of the Supreme Court of India was related to 

3. Who among the following heads the Committee appointed by the Government to identify key data protection issues in India and recommend methods of addressing them? 

4. Which of the following is the first Indian building to get the trademark under the Trademarks Act 1999, for its architectural design? 

5. Who among the following is the first Indian woman to be elected as the Judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea? 

6. The appointment of any member of the Board under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, except the Principal Magistrate, may be terminated after holding an inquiry by the State Government, if he —

(i) has been found guilty of misuse of power vested under any Act.

(ii) fails to attend the proceedings of the Board consecutively for three sittings without any valid reason.

(iii) fails to attend less than three fourths of the sittings in a year.

(iv) becomes ineligible under subsection (4) of section 4 of the Act during his term as a member. 

7. Any person, as per section 6 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, who has completed eighteen years of age, and is apprehended for committing an offence when he was below the age of eighteen years, then, such person shall, subject to the provisions of this section, be treated as- 

8. Any person, who has completed eighteen years of age, and is apprehended for committing an offence when he was below the age of eighteen years, then, such person shall, subject to the provisions of this section, he shall be, according to the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015- 

9. Institution of preventive detention process-  

10. The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 provides that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, or any preventive detention law for the time being in force, no proceeding shall be instituted and no order shall be passed against- 

11. The Law Commission of India recently recommended a uniform retirement age of ………………………years for Supreme Court and High Court Judges. 

12. Who among the following was appointed as the Special Public Prosecutor in Coal blocks allocation Scam Case? 

13. Who among the following Judges is appointed as the Special Judge to try the Coal blocks allocation Scam Case? 

14. In which of the following cases, the Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court recently held that “truth is a defence in Contempt proceedings”? 

15. “Commission appointed under Commissions of Inquiry Act is not a Court for the purposes of Contempt of Courts Act even though it is headed by a sitting Supreme Court Judge”. The statement is