Delhi Civil Judge Mains 2023 Question Paper

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Delhi Judicial Service Examination (Written) 2023

DELHI JUDICIAL SERVICE (DJS) MAINS

GENERAL LEGAL KNOWLEDGE AND LANGUAGE

Duration: 3 Hours

Maximum Marks: 250

Please read the questions carefully and answer them as directed. All questions are compulsory,

unless specified. You are allowed 15 minutes time before the examination begins, during which

you should read the question paper and, if you wish, highlight and/or make notes on the

question paper. However, you are not allowed, under any circumstances, to open the answer

sheet and start writing during this time. The answer to each question should begin on a fresh

page. This paper is to test the candidate’s awareness of general legal knowledge and English

language. Credit will be given for substance, cohesive and concise presentation, articulation of

views, ideas and employment of appropriate vocabulary and expression.

Section I: General Legal Knowledge

1. Write short notes in about 200 words on any six of the following, with reference to recent

discourse in public domain: [6 × 10 = 60]

(i) Paper leak in public examinations.

(ii) Criminal law reforms.

(iii) One Nation – One Election.

(iv) Bilkis Bano case – remission granted to convicts.

(v) Uniform Civil Code.

(vi) Same-sex marriage in India.

(vii) Women’s reservation.

(viii) National Judicial Appointments Commission.

2. Please specify whether the following statements are true or false, justifying your answers in

three/four sentences each: [10 × 2 = 20]

Article 35-A of the Constitution of India granted to Jammu & Kashmir an

autonomous status, conferred on it the power to have its own constitution, and

restricted Parliament’s legislative powers in this respect.

Res ipsa loquitur is generally applied in claims under torts.

Justice M. Fathima Beevi was the first lady Chief Justice of India.