LL.B. (Three Years) Sem 1 Legal Language Aug 2023 75/25 Question Paper - Mumbai University | munotes

Questions asked in this paper

SECTION I - Q.No. 1 Answer any Six of the following in not more than Two Sentences: Do As Directed (any 6 of 7) 12 Marks

1. Q1 They are decorating the Auditorium (Change in to Passive Vice).
   Read the model answer
2. Q2 Reading and drawing notes is better than any other learning activity (Change in to superlative degree).
   Read the model answer
3. Q3 Banti Said "He may join for law degree education (Change in to indirect speech).
   Read the model answer
4. Q4 How exciting law syllabus is! (Change in to assertive sentence).
   Read the model answer
5. Q5 He was so ill that he could not appear for examination (Change in to simple sentence).
   Read the model answer
6. Q6 What is deference between 'Appeal' and 'Review'?
   Read the model answer
7. Q7 What are the kinds of 'Writs' which may be issued by High courts and Supreme Court?
   Read the model answer

SECTION II - Q. No. 2 Write Short Notes on any Two of the following (any 2 of 5) 12 Marks

1. Q8 Nemo est haeres viventis.
   Read the model answer
2. Q9 Ingnorantia facti excusat, ignorantia lex non excusat.
   Read the model answer
3. Q10 Describe the search of the case on "Whether Contract without free consent is voidable"
   Read the model answer
4. Q11 Describe the search of the case on "Whether contract without lawful consideration is void."
   Read the model answer
5. Q12 Temporary Injunction and Permanent Injunction.
   Read the model answer

SECTION III - Q. No. 3 Read the following and answer any Two of the questions given below (any 2 of 4) 12 Marks

1. Q13 I) THE MATERNITY BENEFIT ACT, 1961 (Act No. 53 of 1961) [12th December, 1961]. The extract prints the long title ("An Act to regulate the employment of women in certain establishment for certain periods before and after child-birth and to provide for maternity benefit and certain other benefits,"), the enacting formula ("Be it enacted by Parliament in the Twelfth Year of the Republic of India as follows"), and Section 1 "Short title, extent and commencement.-": (1) "This Act may be called as Maternity Benefit Act, 1961."; (2) "It extends to the whole of India." Identify the following: i) Short title ii) Long title iii) Enacting formula iii) Date of Accent
   Read the model answer
2. Q14 II) (THE) MEDICAL TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY ACT, 1971 (ACT NO 34 OF 1971) [10th August 1971]. The extract prints the long title ("An Act to provide for termination of certain pregnancies by registered medical practitioners and for matters connected or incidental thereto."), the enacting formula ("Be it enacted by the Parliament in Twenty second Year of the Republic of India as follows"), and Section 1 "Short title, extent and commencement:-": (1) "This Act may be called the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971"; (2) "It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir." Identify the following: (i) Short Title (ii) Long Title (iii) Official Citation (iv) Date of Accent
   Read the model answer
3. Q15 III) THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ACT, 1993 No. 10 of 1994 (8th January, 1994). The extract prints the long title ("An Act to provide for the constitution of a National Human Rights Commission, State Human Rights Commission in States and Human Rights Courts for better protection of Human Rights and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto."), the enacting formula ("Be it enacted by Parliament in the forty-fourth year of the Republic of India as follows"), and Section 1 "Short title, extent and commencement": (1) "This Act may be called the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993."; (2) "It extends to the whole of India." with the proviso for Jammu and Kashmir; (3) "It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 28th day of September, 1993." Identify the following: (i) Identify the marginal note in the extract above. (ii) Give the long title of the Act. (iii) How come this Act is deemed to have come into force in September, 1993, when its date of assent is 8th January, 1994?
   Read the model answer
4. Q16 IV) In Indira sawhney V/S Union of India (Mandal Commission Case) the question before the Hon'ble Supreme Court was the interpretation of the expression 'backward class of citizens' and the Supreme Court relied upon the speech of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar to give meaning to the expression. Answer the following (i) Explain the role played by the speech of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar in the above case. (ii) State the nature of speeches and debates as aids to interpretation.
   Read the model answer

SECTION IV - Q. No. 4 Answer any Three of the Following (any 3 of 5) 39 Marks

1. Q17 "Through professional Law Reporting System the law of precedent laid down by Higher Judiciary is propagated in the legal system" Discuss.
   Read the model answer
2. Q18 Write an essay on the utility of the Uniform Civil Code in India.
   Read the model answer
3. Q19 Discuss at length the facts, issues, arguments and guidelines laid down in cases namely D. K. Basu v/s. State of West Bengal AIR 1997 SC. 610 and Vishakha v/s State of Rajasthan AIR 1997 SC. 3011.
   Read the model answer
4. Q20 Discuss the significance of Preamble, Schedules, Marginal Headings in interpretation of statute.
   Read the model answer
5. Q21 Discuss external aids to the interpretation of a statute namely Dictionaries, Translations, Statues in Pari Materia.
   Read the model answer

Read from the scan above, so a character or two may differ. The scan is the original.