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Q1With reference to the 22 May 2026 Supreme Court order on missing children consider the following statements: 1. The Bench observed that the number of children still untraced across India was approximately 4,700. 2. Cases disclosing trafficking indicators were ordered to be transferred forthwith to the Anti-Human Trafficking Units. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Statement 1 is incorrect — the figure placed before the Court was approximately 47,000 children untraced across India not 4,700. Statement 2 is correct — the Bench directed that wherever the initial probe discloses circumstances suggesting human trafficking the case must be transferred forthwith to the jurisdictional Anti-Human Trafficking Unit.
Q2Consider the following statements: 1. The Supreme Court may grant special leave to appeal under Article 136 from judgments or orders of courts or tribunals in India. 2. The Supreme Court has special advisory jurisdiction in matters referred to it by the President under Article 143. 3. Election petitions under the Presidential and Vice Presidential Elections Act, 1952 are first filed only in High Courts. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Statement 1 is true: Article 136 special leave is a wide appellate power. Statement 2 is true: Article 143 references by the President invoke the Court's advisory jurisdiction. Statement 3 is false because such election petitions are filed directly in the Supreme Court.
Q3Consider the following statements about advisory jurisdiction: 1. Article 143 is titled Power of President to consult Supreme Court. 2. Article 143 allows only a State Governor to refer questions to the Supreme Court. 3. Article 143 is linked with advisory jurisdiction, not ordinary criminal appeals. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Statements 1 and 3 are correct: Article 143 concerns presidential consultation and is part of advisory jurisdiction. Statement 2 is false because the Constitution names the President, not a Governor, in Article 143.
Q4Consider the following statements: 1. Citizenship of India is a constitutional qualification for appointment as a Judge of the Supreme Court. 2. Ten years as an advocate of a High Court, or of two or more such courts in succession, is a qualifying route for appointment as a Judge of the Supreme Court. 3. A person may qualify as a Judge of the Supreme Court if, in the President's opinion, he is a distinguished jurist. 4. The Constitution requires at least ten years as a Judge of a High Court for appointment as a Judge of the Supreme Court. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Statements 1, 2 and 3 are correct under Article 124(3). Statement 4 is incorrect: the judge-service route is at least five years as a High Court Judge, not ten years.
Q5Consider the following statements about Article 144 and Article 145: 1. Article 144 requires all authorities, civil and judicial, in India to act in aid of the Supreme Court. 2. Article 145 deals with rules of the Court. 3. Article 144 requires only municipal authorities to act in aid of the Supreme Court. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Statements 1 and 2 are correct: Article 144 covers all civil and judicial authorities, and Article 145 concerns the rules of Court. Statement 3 is false because Article 144 is not limited to municipal authorities.
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6Consider the following statements: 1. Article 131 concerns original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court in disputes involving the Government of India and States. 2. Article 143 concerns the President's power to consult the Supreme Court. 3. Article 141 says the law declared by the Supreme Court is binding only on High Courts, not on subordinate courts. 4. Article 130 allows the Supreme Court to sit outside Delhi only after Parliament passes a separate law each time. Which of the statements given above are correct?
7Consider the following statements: 1. Only Advocates-on-Record are entitled to file any matter or document before the Supreme Court. 2. Other advocates enrolled with a State Bar Council can appear and argue before the Supreme Court but cannot file documents or matters there. 3. A Senior Advocate is entitled to appear in the Supreme Court without an Advocate-on-Record. 4. A Senior Advocate is entitled to accept instructions to draw pleadings or affidavits. Which of the statements given above are correct?
8Consider the following statements: 1. In India, a writ petition may be moved by an aggrieved individual as well as by a public-spirited individual or group in matters involving public interest. 2. The Supreme Court has treated letters, telegrams, postcards and news reports as writ petitions. 3. This public-interest litigation innovation is unique to the High Courts of India. 4. A letter addressed to the Chief Justice of India can never be used to invoke this jurisdiction. Which of the statements given above are correct?
9Consider the following statements: 1. Article 139A applies 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. 2. Under Article 139A, the Supreme Court may act on its own motion if it is satisfied that the questions are substantial questions of general importance. 3. Article 139A permits transfer only from one High Court to another High Court and never withdrawal of High Court cases to the Supreme Court. 4. Article 139A was inserted by the Constitution (43rd Amendment) Act, 1977. Which of the statements given above are correct?
10Consider the following statements: 1. The Supreme Court's exclusive original jurisdiction may cover disputes between the Government of India and one or more States. 2. Article 131 original jurisdiction applies even when no question about the existence or extent of a legal right is involved. 3. Article 131 expressly includes disputes between two or more States. 4. Article 131 jurisdiction does not extend to certain pre-Constitution treaty, agreement, covenant, engagement, sanad or similar-instrument disputes covered by the proviso. Which of the statements given above are correct?
11Consider the following statements: 1. Only Advocates-on-Record are entitled to file any matter or document before the Supreme Court. 2. A Senior Advocate is not entitled to appear in the Supreme Court without an Advocate-on-Record. 3. Other advocates enrolled with State Bar Councils can file documents in the Supreme Court as of right. Which of the statements given above are correct?
12Consider the following statements: 1. Article 130 states that the Supreme Court shall sit in Delhi or at such other place or places as the Chief Justice of India may appoint with presidential approval. 2. Under Article 139A, the Supreme Court may withdraw High Court cases involving substantially the same questions of law of general importance. 3. Under Article 139A, the Supreme Court may transfer cases, appeals or proceedings from one High Court to another High Court. 4. The Chief Justice of India can appoint a place other than Delhi as the seat of the Supreme Court without any presidential approval. Which of the statements given above are correct?
13Consider the following statements: 1. The Supreme Court may withdraw cases from High Courts when substantially the same questions of law are pending before it and one or more High Courts, and the questions are of general importance. 2. The Supreme Court may dispose of all such withdrawn cases itself. 3. The Court can withdraw such cases only on an application by a State Governor. 4. Questions must be substantial questions of general importance for this withdrawal route as described on the Supreme Court page. Which of the statements given above are correct?
14Consider the following statements: 1. The Supreme Court has special leave jurisdiction under Article 136. 2. Article 136 can relate to judgments, decrees, determinations, sentences or orders of courts or tribunals in India. 3. Article 136 is limited to decrees of District Courts only. Which of the statements given above are correct?
15Consider the following statements: 1. The Supreme Court has original, appellate and advisory jurisdiction. 2. Its exclusive original jurisdiction extends to disputes between the Government of India and one or more States when the legal-right condition is met. 3. Article 131 gives the Supreme Court exclusive original jurisdiction even over every pre-Constitution treaty dispute without exception. 4. Under Article 130, the President alone may appoint any place other than Delhi as the seat of the Supreme Court. Which of the statements given above are correct?