DAILY INITIATIVE (LAW)

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1. LEGAL PRINCIPLE - When a criminal act is done by one person in furtherance of the common intention of himself and some other persons, each of such person is liable for the act in the same manner as if it were done by each one of them.FACTS - A, B and C decided to commit robbery. They broke into a locked house. However, before they had finished their work, a domestic servant appeared from the out-house and started shouting. A, B and C left the house and started running away but they were pursued by a small crowd. A, on being caught by X, one of the persons pursuing them, stabbed him and ran away. By that time, B and C had disappeared. X died on account of the stab wounds. Later, the police arrested all the three. They were charged for robbery and murder of X *

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(a) Along with A who stabbed X, B and C are also guilty of murder because A stabbed X in furtherance of common intention

(b) Along with A, B and C are also guilty of murder because A, at the time of stabbing X, was acting on behalf of B and C also and he wanted to save not only himself but B and C as well.

(c) A alone is guilty of murder because though there was common intention to commit offence of robbery, there was no common intention to commit the offence of murder

(d) None of the above

2. Under the Indian Penal Code, an act may be an offence under the Code but for the existence of a justification which may form a defence. Which of the following is not such a defence? *

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(a) Act done by a child under seven years of age

(b) Act done by a person of unsound mind

(d) Act done outside the territorial limits of India.

3. LEGAL PRINCIPLE - A person is liable for all direct consequences of his act which he could have reasonably foreseen as naturally flowing from his actFACTS - Charu while driving her car at a high speed knocked down Seema, a middle aged woman who was walking on the road. Seema got her leg fractured as a result of this accident. As Seema was suffering from diabetes, her leg had to be amputated. Seema files a suit against Charu for damages for the loss of her leg. *

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(a) Charu is liable as the loss of leg is directly attributable to her act.

(b) Charu is not liable because she did not know Seema was suffering from diabetes

(d) Charu is not liable since a diabetes patient like Seema ought not to have walked on the road.

4. In tort, the remedy is

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(a) Liquidated damages

(b) Unliquidated damages

(d) Punishment

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5. A muslim man under personal law cannot marry *

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(a) A Jew

(b) A Christian

(d) All of the above

6. Sagotra marriage in Hindu law is *

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(a) Legal

(b) Illegal

(d) Permissible with the consent of parents

7. LEGAL PRINCIPLE - Special damages are payable if the other party has awareness of the special circumstances involved in the case and losses are within contemplation. FACTS - Raju has been sending his tourist cars for repair, maintenance and service to Lakshmi Service Centre who promptly attended to all the works during the past five years. However, when Raju sent a new Sumo van for servicing and minor repairs, he indicated to the Manager of Lakshmi Service Centre that the vehicle must be delivered, duly serviced, by 10th August 2007 at 5 pm as three foreign tourists had booked the vehicle for a period of 3 months. The vehicle was not delivered as required but was delivered only on 12th August 2007. Raju had lost the contract with the foreign tourist and a loss of revenue to the extent of Rs. 80,000. *

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(a) Raju can sue the Lakshmi Service Centre for special damages to the extent of Rs.80,000

(b) Raju can sue Lakshmi Service only for ordinary damages for two days delay

(d) Raju can sue the Manager of the Service Centre for damages

8. LEGAL PRINCIPLE - A contract entered into by a minor, who is less than 18 years of age, is void ab initio and cannot be enforced against the minor in law except for the contract entered by the minors for his necessities.FACTS - A, a minor entered into the contract with a book seller. The book seller supplied the school books and stationary as required by A. After receiving the books and stationary, A refuses to pay the book seller on the ground that he is a minor and as such the contract with the book seller is not enforceable. *

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(a) Book seller cannot enforce the contract as A is a minor

(b) Book seller can enforce the contract even against the minor as the contract was for his necessities.

(d) Even after A becomes major, this contract cannot be enforced by the book seller.

9. The provisions related to First Information Report (FIR) are contained in *

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(a) Section 200, IPC

(b) Section 154, CrPC

(d) None of the above

10. A sentence of death by the lower court *

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(a) Must be confirmed by the President

(b) Must be confirmed by the Supreme Court

(d) Must be confirmed by the High Court

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