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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. Transfer of case from inferior Courts to Superior Court for the purpose of checking credibility of lower Court decision
- B. Transfer of case from one Court to another Court for the purpose of testing credibility of the decision of lower Court
- C. None of the above
- D. None of the these
Explanation: An appeal is the removal of a case from an inferior court to a superior court so that the correctness of the lower court’s decision can be…
Correct answer: Transfer of case from inferior Courts to Superior Court for the purpose of checking credibility of lower Court decision- A. An unreasonable interference in any persons personal matters
- B. An unreasonable interference with right of general public
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of the these
Explanation: Public nuisance is an unreasonable interference with a right or convenience shared by the general public, unlike private nuisance, which…
Correct answer: An unreasonable interference with right of general public- A. Federal Government
- B. Foreign Ministry
- C. Interior Ministry
- D. None of the theseHire Grant Writers
Explanation: Under section 83 CPC, an alien enemy residing in Pakistan requires the permission of the Federal Government to institute a suit.
Correct answer: Federal Government- A. Section 80
- B. Section 83
- C. Section 85
- D. None of the these
Explanation: Section 83 CPC deals with suits by aliens, including the restriction on an alien enemy suing without the required governmental permission.
Correct answer: Section 83- A. Interior Minister
- B. Federal Minister
- C. Secretary of the Federal Government
- D. None of the these
Explanation: Section 80 CPC requires notice of a suit against the Federal Government to be delivered to the Secretary of that Government.
Correct answer: Secretary of the Federal Government886. In the case of a suit against the Federal Government the party defendant shall be_____________?
- A. President
- B. Prime Minsiter
- C. Pakistan
- D. None of the these
Explanation: Section 79 CPC identifies the proper party in a suit by or against the Federal Government as Pakistan, while a Provincial Government is…
Correct answer: Pakistan- A. Moveable property
- B. Immovable property
- C. Necessary wearing apparel
- D. None of the these
Explanation: Necessary wearing apparel is exempt from attachment under the CPC because basic clothing is protected from seizure in execution.
Correct answer: Necessary wearing apparel- A. Old age
- B. Illness
- C. Being women
- D. None of the these
Explanation: Section 59 CPC permits release of a judgment debtor from detention on the ground of illness, subject to the statutory conditions.
Correct answer: Illness- A. Six months
- B. Nine months
- C. One year
- D. None of the these
Explanation: Section 58 CPC permits detention of a judgment debtor in execution for a period not exceeding one year in the applicable case.
Correct answer: One year- A. Three years
- B. Four years
- C. Six years
- D. None of the these
Explanation: Section 48 CPC generally bars an execution application after six years from the decree or the last applicable execution order, subject to…
Correct answer: Six years- A. 36, to 60,
- B. 36, to 74,
- C. 35, to 84,
- D. None of the these
Explanation: Sections 36 to 74 of the Code deal with execution of decrees, including the courts competent to execute them and the available execution…
Correct answer: 36, to 74,- A. Court which passed it or by the Court to which sent for execution
- B. Court which passed it or by appellate Court
- C. Special Court
- D. None of the these
Explanation: Under section 38, execution may be undertaken by the court that passed the decree or by a court to which the decree has been transferred…
Correct answer: Court which passed it or by the Court to which sent for execution- A. Interest
- B. Costs
- C. Compensatory costs
- D. None of the these
Explanation: Section 35 deals with the award and payment of costs in civil suits. Compensatory costs are addressed separately under section 35-A, while…
Correct answer: Costs- A. 31
- B. 32
- C. 33
- D. None of the these
Explanation: Section 33 requires the court to pronounce judgment after hearing the case, and a decree follows that judgment.
Correct answer: 33- A. An application
- B. A memo
- C. Plaint
- D. None of the these
Explanation: Section 26 provides that a suit is instituted by presenting a plaint, unless another prescribed method applies.
Correct answer: Plaint- A. Be conclusive
- B. Not be conclusive
- C. Be based on fraud
- D. None of the these
Explanation: Section 13 makes a foreign judgment conclusive only when its jurisdictional and other statutory requirements are satisfied.
Correct answer: Not be conclusive- A. 11,
- B. 12(1),
- C. 12(2),
- D. None of the these
Explanation: Section 12(2) permits a party to challenge the validity of a judgment, decree, or order on grounds such as fraud, misrepresentation, or…
Correct answer: 12(2),- A. Further proceeding
- B. A matter already adjudicated
- C. Stay of proceeding
- D. None of the these
Explanation: Res judicata literally refers to a matter already adjudicated, so it prevents re-litigation of an issue or suit that has been finally…
Correct answer: A matter already adjudicated- A. Res subjudice
- B. Res judicata
- C. Res gestae
- D. None of the these
Explanation: Section 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure embodies res judicata, which bars a court from trying a matter that has already been finally…
Correct answer: Res judicata- A. The case instituted earlier
- B. The case instituted later
- C. None of the above
- D. None of the these
Explanation: Res sub judice concerns a matter already pending before a court, and under Section 10 the later-instituted suit is stayed while the…
Correct answer: The case instituted later