The Supreme Court (Part-II)

Total Questions: 50

41. Who has the right to transfer any case anywhere in India? [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2010]

(a) President
(b) Supreme Court
(c) High Court
(d) None of these

Correct Answer: (b) Supreme Court

Solution:According to Article 139A, the Supreme Court can transfer any case anywhere in India. Where cases involving the same or substantially the same questions of law are pending before the Supreme Court and one or more High Courts or before two or more High Courts and the Supreme Court is satisfied on its motion or on an application made by the Attorney- General of India or by a party to any such case that such questions are substantial questions of general importance, the Supreme Court may withdraw the case or cases pending before the High Court or the High Courts and dispose of all the cases itself.

42. Match List-I with List-II and identify the correct answer from the code given below: [R.A.S./R.T.S. (Pre) (Re-Exam) 2013]

List-I (Case)	List-II (Subject)
(A) A.K. Gopalan Vs. State of Madras	(i) Equality in admission to educational institutions
(B) Romesh Thapar Vs. State of Madras	(ii) Parliament’s power to amend the Constitution
(C) Shankari Prasad Vs. Union of India	(iii) Procedure for preventive detention
(D) Champakam Dorairajan Vs. State of Madras	(iv) Restriction on Free speech

Codes :

Code	A	B	C	D
(a)	i	ii	iii	iv
(b)	iii	iv	i	ii
(c)	ii	iv	i	iii
(d)	iv	iii	ii	i
(e)	iii	iv	ii	i

Correct Answer: (e)

Solution:The matched list is as follows-

Case	Subject
A.K. Gopalan Vs. State of Madras	Procedure for preventive detention
Romesh Thapar Vs. State of Madras	Restrictions on free speech
Shankari Prasad Vs. Union of India	Parliament’s power to amend the Constitution
Champakam Dorairajan Vs. State of Madras	Equality in admission to educational institutions

43. Which of the following case is related to zamindari system? [Jharkhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2021]

1. Kameshwar Singh v/s State of Bihar.

2. Ramesh Thaper v/s State of Madras.

3. Motilal v/s State of Uttar Pradesh.

4. State of West Bengal v/s Subodh Gopal.

(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 2 and 4
(c) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(d) 1 and 2

Correct Answer: (c) 1, 2, 3 and 4

Solution:In the above question option (c) is the correct option. The above cases Kameshwar Singh v/s State of Bihar, Ramesh Thaper v/s State of Madras, Motilal v/s State of Uttar Pradesh and State of West Bengal v/s Subodh Gopal is related to the zamindari system.

44. Supreme Court's judgement of Indra Sawhney Vs Union of India Case is related to which issue? [66th B.P.S.C. (Pre) (Re-Exam), 2020]

(a) Regarding the issue of OBC reservation in Government employment.
(b) Basic Structure Theory.
(c) Approve the reservation on promotion of SC.
(d) Extended reservation for ST.
(e) None of the above / More than one of the above.

Correct Answer: (a) Regarding the issue of OBC reservation in Government employment.

Solution:In Indra Sawhney vs Union of India and Others, 1992 The supreme Court held that the reservation under Article 15 (4) and 16 (4) should not exceed 50 percent and the States and the Union have by and large accepted this as correct and it should be held as Constitutional Prohibition and any reservation beyond 50 percent would be liable to struck down.

45. Under which article, Supreme Court recently declared Migrants (Determination by Tribunal) Act, 1983 as unconstitutional for violation of the sacred duty of centre? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2002]

(a) Article-355
(b) Article-356
(c) Article-256
(d) Article-257

Correct Answer: (a) Article-355

Solution:The Supreme Court of India on 13 July, 2005, by its judgment held the Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunals) Act, 1983 as unconstitutional under Article 355 of the Constitution. A bench of three judges struck down the Act and observed that 'the presence of such a large number of illegal migrants from Bangladesh is, in fact, an aggression on the State of Assam and causing a serious internal disturbance.

46. TDSAT judgments can be challenged in the: [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2003]

(a) TRAI, High Court, Supreme Court
(b) TRAI and Supreme Court
(c) High Court and Supreme Court
(d) Supreme Court only

Correct Answer: (c) High Court and Supreme Court

Solution:In order to bring in functional clarity and strengthen the regulatory frame work and the dispute settlement mechanism in the telecommunication sector, the TRAI Act of 1997 was amended in the year 2000 and TDSAT (Telecom Disputes settlement and Appellate Tribunal) was setup to adjudicate disputes and dispose of appeals. Regarding Telecom, Broadcasting and Airport tariff matters, the Tribunal's orders can be appealed to the Supreme Court but only on substantial questions of law, while in regard to cyber issues, the Tribunal's order can be appealed before High Court. Thus the correct answer is an option (c).

47. The correct sequence of Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India is - [R.A.S./R.T.S. (Pre) 2021]

(a) B.P. Sinha, P.B. Gajendragadkar, S.R. Das
(b) K.G. Balakrishanan, S.H. Kapadia, H.L. Dattu
(c) Ranjan Gogoi, N.V. Raman, Deepak Mishra
(d) H.L. Dattu, T.S. Thakur, Jagdish Singh Khehar

Correct Answer: (d) H.L. Dattu, T.S. Thakur, Jagdish Singh Khehar

Solution:According to the question, the correct sequence of Chief Justice of Supreme Court are - Justice S.R. Das (1.2.1956 to 30.9.1959), Justice B.P. Sinha (1.10.1959 to 31.01.1964), Justice P.B. Gajendragadkar (1.02.1964 to 15.03.1966), Justice K.G. Balakrishnan (14.01.2007 to 12.05.2010), Justice S.H. Kapadia (12.05.2010 to 28.09.2012), Justice H.L. Dattu (28.09.2014 to 02.12.2015), Justice T.S. Thakur (03.12.2015 to 03.01.2017), Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar (04.01.2017 to 27.08.2017), Justice Deepak Mishra (28.08.2017 to 02.10.2018), Justice Ranjan Gogoi (03.10.2018 to 17.11.2019), Justice Sharad Arbind Bobde (18.11.2019 to 23.04.2021), Justice N.V. Raman (24.04.2021 to 26-08-2022), Uday Umesh Lalit (27-08- 2022 to 8-11-2022), Dhanajaya Yeshwant Chandrachud (9- 11-2022 till now).

48. Who was the Chief Justice of India for the shortest duration? [Chhattisgarh P.C.S. (Pre) 2021]

(a) Rajendra Mal Lodha
(b) S. Rajendra Babu
(c) Gopal Ballav Pattanaik
(d) Kamal Narain Singh

Correct Answer: (d) Kamal Narain Singh

Solution:According to the question, Answer is the following-

Rajendra Mal Lodha - 27.04.2014-27.09.2014

S. Rajendra Babu - 02.05.2004 - 31.05.2004

Gopal Ballav Pattanaik - 08.11.2002 - 08.12.2002

Kamal Narain Singh - 25.11.1991 — 12.12.1991

Thus Kamal Narain Singh was the Chief Justice of India for shortest duration.

49. Which of the following statements is/are true about previous Chief Justice of India, Yashwant Vishnu Chandrachud? [Chhattisgarh P.C.S. (Pre) 2021]

Statement-I: He was 16th Chief Justice of India.

Statement-II: Till date, he is the longest serving Chief Justice of India.

Statement-III: He was appointed by Neelam Sanjiva Reddy.

From the statements given above, which is/are true?

(a) I, II and III
(b) I and II
(c) I and III
(d) Only II

Correct Answer: (a) I, II and III

Solution:Justice Yashwant Vishnu Chandrachud was 16th Chief Justice of India serving from 22 February, 1978 to 11 July, 1985. Till date he is longest serving Chief Justice of India. He was appointed by Neelam Sanjiva Reddy.

50. Which of the following posts was held by A.S. Anand in late 1990's? [67th B.P.S.C. (Pre), 2021]

(a) Comptroller and Auditor General.
(b) Chief Justice of India.
(c) Chief Vigilance Commissioner.
(d) Attorney General.
(e) None of the above/More than one of the above.

Correct Answer: (b) Chief Justice of India.

Solution:Adarsh Sein Anand was the 29th Chief Justice of India, serving from 10 October, 1998 to 31 October, 2001.

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