Legal Exam Questions: Indian Constitution, Property Law, and Contracts, Exams of Law

Download Legal Exam Questions: Indian Constitution, Property Law, and Contracts and more Exams Law in PDF only on Docsity! 1/2010/GCL P. T. O. : 1 : 261 Roll No.......................... Time allowed : 3 hours Maximum marks : 100 Total number of questions : 8 Total number of printed pages : 4 NOTE : Answer SIX questions including Question No.1 which is compulsory. 1. (a) “Constitution of India is basically federal with strong unitary features.” Discuss. (8 marks) (b) Explain the writ jurisdictions of the Supreme Court and High Courts as provided in the Constitution of India. (6 marks) (c) Explain the mischief rule in the interpretation of statutes. (6 marks) 2. Attempt any four of the following : (i) State the circumstances in which a property may be transferred in favour of an unborn person. (ii) Explain the rule of lis pendens as provided in the Transfer of Property Act, 1882. (iii) What are ‘cyber offences’ under the Information Technology Act, 2000 ? (iv) State the documents which are required to be compulsorily registered under the Registration Act, 1908. (v) Explain the consequences of the instruments which are not duly stamped under the Indian Stamp Act, 1899. (4 marks each) 3. Distinguish between any four of the following : (i) ‘Summons cases’ and ‘warrant cases’. (ii) ‘Bailable offences’ and ‘non-bailable offences’. (iii) ‘Battery’ and ‘assault’. (iv) ‘Condition precedent’ and ‘condition subsequent’. (v) ‘Primary evidence’ and ‘secondary evidence’. (4 marks each) General And Commercial Laws : 2 : 1/2010/GCL Contd... 261 4. Write notes on any four of the following : (i) E-governance (ii) Setting aside of an award (iii) Perpetual injunction (iv) Rectification of an instrument (v) Specific performance of a contract. (4 marks each) 5. (a) A document was executed outside India and it was presented for registration after a lapse of four months from the date of its arrival in India. Whether the document may be accepted for registration by the Registrar ? Decide. (6 marks) (b) Choose the most appropriate answer from the given options in respect of the following : (i) Under the Transfer of Property Act, 1882, the transfer of property may be made –– (a) Orally (b) By written document (c) By written document with its registration (d) By delivery of property except where transfer is required to be in writing under the law. (ii) The right to foreclosure is available to the mortgagee when it is –– (a) English mortgage (b) Simple mortgage (c) Mortgage by conditional sale (d) Usufructuary mortgage. (iii) The income of transferred property may be accumulated for an unlimited time where the property is transferred with condition –– (a) For the payment of debts taken by the transferor (b) For the maintenance of the property itself (c) For the maintenance of the descendants of the transferor generation after generation (d) All of the above.