Legal G.K. (Vol.-12) for “Judicial Services & Law-Exams/ CLAT” (1-Liners)

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1. An aggrieved person to ask the same court that passed an order or decree to review its own judgment is legally known as—Review.
2. Which Section of the Code of Civil Procedure (CPC), 1908 allows an aggrieved person to ask the same court that passed an order or decree to review its own judgment?—Section 114.
3. Which Part of the Constitution of India makes provisions as to “Official Language”?—Part-XVII.
4. What shall be the official language of the Union of India (Centre)?—Hindi. [Article 343]
5. The official language of the Union shall be Hindi in which script?—Devanagari script. [Article 343]
6. Which Article of the Constitution of India makes provisions as to directive for development of the Hindi language—Article 351.
7. The new Banker’s Books Evidence Act, 2026 has replaced the previous Banker’s Book Evidence Act of the year—1891.[The BBEA shall come into force w.e.f. 01.10.2026]
8. Which Part of the Constitution of India provides for power and procedure for Amendment of the Constitution?—Part-XX.
9. True/ False: Law Commission of India is a non-statutory body—True. [It was is constituted by a notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Law & Justice, Department of Legal Affairs with a definite terms of reference to carry out research in the field of law and the Commission makes recommendations to the Government (in the form of Reports)]
10. The first Law Commission was established during the British Raj era in 1834 by the Charter Act of 1833 and was chaired by whom?—Lord Macaulay.
11. The first Law Commission of independent India was established in ________for a three-year term?—1955.
12. Currently, which Law Commission of India is in force / existence?—23^rd Law Commission [The President has accorded to the constitution of the Twenty-third Law Commission of India for a period of three years from 01st September, 2024 to 31st August, 2027].
13. Who is the Chairperson of 23^rd Law Commission of India (2024 to 2027)?—Hon’ble Mr. Justice (Retd.) Dinesh Maheshwari.
14. Which Law Commission of India in its recommendation in 2018 said that Uniform Civil Code (UCC) is “neither necessary nor desirable at this stage”?—21^st Law Commission.
15. The 280th Report of the Law Commission of India relates to—Adverse Possession.
16. A legal defense where an accused person claims that he was at a different place when a crime happened, making it impossible for them to commit the offense, is known as—Plea of Alibi. [Section 9 of Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 is based on the principle of ‘plea of alibi’].
17. A document which is, or purports to be, a document whereby any legal right is created, extended, transferred, restricted, extinguished or released, or whereby any person acknowledges that he lies under legal liability, or has not a certain legal right, is called—Valuable Security. [Refer Section 2(31) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023].
18. Any documents must generally be presented to the registering officer within _________months of execution—Four-months. [Section 23).
19. Under the Registration Act, 1908, the “hereditary allowances” are treated as which type of property—Immovable Property. [Section 2(6) of the Registration Act, 1908 defines: “Immovable Property” includes land, buildings, hereditary allowances, rights to ways, lights, ferries, fisheries or any other benefit to arise out of land, and things attached to the earth, or permanently fastened to anything which is attached to the earth, but not standing timber, growing crops nor grass]
20. If in any case a document requiring registration has been accepted for registration by a Registrar or Sub-Registrar from a person not duly empowered to present the same, and has been registered, any person claiming under such document may, within _________months from his first becoming aware that the registration of such document is invalid, present such document or cause the same to be presented for re-registration in the office of the Registrar of the district in which the document was originally registered—Four-months [Section 23-A of the Registration Act, 1908]

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