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Civil law governs disputes involving private rights, including contracts, property, family relations, torts and compensation. The subject explains breach of duty, civil liability, damages, specific relief, injunctions and other remedies, while distinguishing private claims between individuals from criminal proceedings brought to punish offences against the state.
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- A. Family Courts
- B. Criminal Courts
- C. Revenue Courts
- D. None of the these
Explanation: Section 5 deals specifically with applying the Code of Civil Procedure to Revenue Courts, subject to any special or local law governing…
Correct answer: Revenue Courts- A. Order
- B. Judgment
- C. None of the above
- D. None of the these
Explanation: Under section 2(14), an order is the formal expression of a civil court’s decision that is not a decree.
Correct answer: Order- A. Judgment debtor
- B. Legal representative
- C. Mesne profit
- D. None of the these
Explanation: Section 2(12) defines mesne profits as profits received, or that could have been received with ordinary diligence, by a person in wrongful…
Correct answer: Mesne profit- A. Guardian
- B. Pleader
- C. Legal representative
- D. None of the these
Explanation: A legal representative is the person who legally represents the estate of a deceased person, including someone who intermeddles with that…
Correct answer: Legal representative- A. 2(7) C.P.C.
- B. 2(8) C.P.C.
- C. 2(9) C.P.C.
- D. None of the these
Explanation: Section 2(9) defines judgment as the statement given by the judge of the grounds for a decree or order.
Correct answer: 2(9) C.P.C.- A. Decree defaulter
- B. Decree holder
- C. Decree debtor
- D. None of the these
Explanation: A decree-holder is the person in whose favour a decree has been passed or an executable order has been made.
Correct answer: Decree holder- A. 2(2),
- B. 3(2),
- C. 4(2),
- D. None of the these
Explanation: Section 2(2) defines a decree as the formal expression of an adjudication that conclusively determines the rights of the parties regarding…
Correct answer: 2(2),- A. Judgment
- B. Decree
- C. Order
- D. None of the these
Explanation: A decree conclusively determines the rights of the parties in a suit and follows the adjudication expressed in the judgment.
Correct answer: Decree- A. 155,
- B. 156,
- C. 158,
- D. None of the these
Explanation: The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 contains 158 sections, followed by schedules including the First Schedule of Orders.
Correct answer: 158,- A. 21st January, 1908
- B. 21st February, 1908
- C. 21st March, 1908
- D. None of the these
Explanation: The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 received assent on 21 March 1908, although it came into force on 1 January 1909.
Correct answer: 21st March, 1908- A. Section 95
- B. Section 114
- C. Section 115
- D. None of the these
Explanation: The relevant provision applies the procedure in Order XLI, Rule 38 to proceedings under Section 115, which concerns revision by the High…
Correct answer: Section 115- A. Provincial Small Causes Courts
- B. Presidency Small Causes Courts
- C. None of the above
- D. None of the these
Explanation: Order LI of the CPC deals with Presidency Small Causes Courts. Provincial Small Causes Courts are dealt with separately under Order L.
Correct answer: Presidency Small Causes Courts- A. Presidency Small Causes Courts
- B. Provincial Small Causes Courts
- C. High Courts
- D. None of the these
Explanation: Order XVIII, Rules 5 to 12, relating to recording evidence and examination of witnesses, are excluded in proceedings before Provincial…
Correct answer: Provincial Small Causes Courts- A. Special Courts
- B. Provincial Small Causes Courts
- C. High Courts
- D. None of the these
Explanation: For Chartered High Courts, Order XLIX excludes the application of certain CPC provisions, including Order VII, Rules 10 and 11.
Correct answer: High Courts- A. Government
- B. The party on whose behalf it is issued unless the Court otherwise directs
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of the these
Explanation: Order XLVIII, Rule 1 places the expense of serving a process on the party at whose instance it is issued, unless the court directs…
Correct answer: The party on whose behalf it is issued unless the Court otherwise directs- A. When ever Court like
- B. Upon application of applicant if it justify. His absence in satisfactory manners
- C. None of the above
- D. None of the these
Explanation: A review application dismissed for the applicant's non-appearance may be restored when the applicant shows sufficient and satisfactory…
Correct answer: Upon application of applicant if it justify. His absence in satisfactory manners- A. The Court which passed the order or decree
- B. The Session Court
- C. High Court
- D. None of the these
Explanation: A review must normally be sought before the same court that passed the decree or order, because that court is empowered to reconsider its…
Correct answer: The Court which passed the order or decree- A. 5
- B. 6
- C. 7
- D. None of the these
Explanation: Order XLVI of the CPC, concerning references to the High Court, contains seven rules.
Correct answer: 7- A. 9
- B. 11
- C. 13
- D. None of the these
Explanation: Order XLVII, which governs review of judgments and orders, contains nine rules.
Correct answer: 9- A. When the executing Court faces doubt in question of law
- B. When executing Court Faces doubt in question of usage
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of the these
Explanation: A reference may be made when the executing court has a reasonable doubt about a question of law or a usage having the force of law.
Correct answer: Both A and B