Which one of the following statements is not correct?
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Answer C (official UPSC key)NOT correct → subordinate courts are courts of record
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Subordinate Courts / Tribunals: 13 previous year questions
UPSC has asked 13 questions on Subordinate Courts / Tribunals between 1996 and 2025: CSE 6 · CAPF 3 · CDS 3 · CISF (LDCE) 1. 3 of them came after 2015, so this is a topic that appears less often now, but the older questions still show exactly how it is tested. 6 were set in Civil Services Prelims; the rest come from UPSC's other papers, which draw on the same question bank.
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Which of the following statements about the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) is/are correct ? 1. Its orders can be challenged before a High Court. 2. It has the same power like a High Court in respect of contempt of itself. Select the answer using the code given below :
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Answer C (official UPSC key)CAT → its orders can be challenged before a High Court | has a High Court's power of contempt of itself
Which one of the following authorities CANNOT organize „Lok Adalats‟ ?
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Answer A (official UPSC key)CANNOT organise Lok Adalats → Panchayat Committees
The Central Administrative Tribunal adjudicates disputes with respect to the recruitment and conditions of service of persons appointed 1. to public services and posts in connection with the affairs of the Union 2. members of the defence forces 3. officers and servants of the Supreme Court or of any High Court in India Select the correct answer using the code given below.
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Answer B (official UPSC key)Central Administrative Tribunal → Union public services and posts | NOT: defence forces | NOT: SC/HC officers and servants
With reference to Lok Adalats, which one among the following statements is correct?
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Answer D (official UPSC key)Lok Adalat → no appeal lies in a civil court against its order
According to the Administrative Tribunal Act 1985, the Central Administrative Tribunal adjudicates disputes and complaints with respect to the service of persons who are
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Answer A (official UPSC key)CAT (Administrative Tribunals Act 1985) → Union public services and posts, except defence forces members
Which of the following statements regarding writ of certiorari is/are correct? [2011-I] 1. There should be court, tribunal or an officer having legal authority to determine the questions of deciding Fundamental Rights with a duty to act judicially. 2. Writ of certiorari is available during the tendency of proceedings before a subordinate court. Select the correct answer using the codes given below
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Answer D (official UPSC key)Certiorari → NOT: authority must decide questions of Fundamental Rights | NOT: available while proceedings are pending before a subordinate court
With reference to Lok Adalats, which of the following statements is correct?
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Answer D (official UPSC key)Lok Adalats → none correct: NOT limited to pre-litigation matters | NOT civil-only | NOT only serving/retired judicial officers
With reference to Lok Adalats, consider the following statements: [2009] 1 An award made by a Lok Adalat is deemed to be a decree of a civil court and no appeal lies against there to any court. 2 Matrimonial/Family disputes are not covered under Lok Adalat. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Answer A (official UPSC key)Lok Adalat award → deemed a civil-court decree, no appeal | NOT: matrimonial/family disputes excluded
Consider the following statements: [2009] 1 Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) was set up during the Prime Ministership of Lal Bahadur Shastri. 2 The Members of CAT are drawn from both judicial and administrative streams. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Answer B (official UPSC key)CAT members → drawn from judicial and administrative streams | NOT: set up under PM Lal Bahadur Shastri
Consider the following statements: 1. The highest criminal court of the district is the Court of District and Session Judge 2. The District Judge are appointed by the Governor in consultation with the High Courts. 3. A person to be eligible for appointment as a District Judge should be an advocate or a pleader of seven years‘ standing or more, or an officer in judicial service of the Union or the State. 4. When the sessions judge awards a death sentence, it must be confirmed by the High Court before it is carried out. Which of the statements given above are correct?
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Answer D (official UPSC key)District and Sessions Judge → highest criminal court of the district | District Judges appointed by the Governor in consultation with the High Court | eligibility: advocate/pleader of 7 years or judicial officer | death sentence needs High Court confirmation
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: [2001] List I List II A. The Constitution (Sixty-ninth Amendment) 1. Establishment of state level Rent Act. 1991 Tribunals B. The Constitution (Seventy-fifth Amendment) 2. No reservations for Scheduled Castes Act. 1994 in Panchayats in Arunachal Pradesh C. The Constitution (Eighty Amendment) Act. 3. Constitution of Panchayats in Villages 2000 or at other local level D. The Constitution (Eighty-third Amendment) 4. Accepting the recommendations of Act. 2000 the Tenth Finance Commission 5. According the status of National Capital Territory to Delhi Code
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Answer A (official UPSC key)69th Amendment → NCT status for Delhi | 75th → State-level Rent Tribunals | 80th → Tenth Finance Commission's recommendations | 83rd → no SC reservation in Arunachal panchayats
According to the Constitution of India the term 'district judge' shall not include: [1996]
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Answer C (official UPSC key)'District judge' under the Constitution does NOT include → a tribunal judge
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