AILET entrance exam Question Bank Solutions

Principle: Limitation Act, 1963 bars the remedy, not the right.

Facts: After the expiry of the period of limitation of three years, debtor Rohan makes a part payment of the debt to creditor Sohan. Sohan then files a suit against Rohan for recovery of the debt after two years from the date of part payment. Decide.

“Begar” means

In India, the reckoning date for the determination of the age  of the juvenile is the

The “Eco-mark” is given by the Ministry of Environment  and Forest to the consumer products which

The EIA is abbreviated form of

_____________ was the leader of “Chipko Movement”. 

When two persons descend from a common ancestor but by different wives, they are said to be related to each other by

The act by members of a trade union, persuading others not  to work is called

Who is the Chairperson of the 20th Law Commission of  India?

High Courts have been constituted in all these States in January 2013 except

A post dated cheque bears _______ date.

In Extradition Treaty, extradition means

Given below is a statement of principle followed by a failual situation. Apply the principle to the file  given below and select the most appropriate answer 

Principle: One of the essential conditions for a marriage between any two persons to be solemnised under the Special Marriage Act 1954 is that at the time of the marriage that male has completed the age of twenty-one years and the female the age of eighteen years. If the said condition is not fulfilled such a marriage is null and void.

Facts: 'A', a male aged twenty-two years, proposes to marry 'B', a female aged sixteen years, at Delhi in the month of June 2014 under the Special Marriage Act, 1954.

Given below is a statement of principle followed by a failual situation. Apply the principle to the file  given below and select the most appropriate answer 

Principle: Under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 either the husband or the wife can move a petition for a decree of divorce on the ground of desertion. The term 'desertion' means desertion of the petitioner by the other party to the marriage for a continuous period of not less than two years immediately preceding the presentation of the petition, without reasonable cause and without the consent or against the wish of such party and includes the willful neglect of the petitioner by the other party to the marriage and its grammatical variations and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly. It is also said that desertion is withdrawal not from a place but from a state of things.

Facts: Rohan, a technocrat, went to the US in January 2011 for pursuing his higher studies for a period of three years. In fact, Rohan went to the US with the consent of his wife Basanti, who stayed at her parents' home, and with a promise of his return to India upon the completion of his studies. From the US he has quite often been in touch with his wife. Subsequently, Rohan has got a job there in the US and he wishes to take his wife. She refuses to go to the US and, in the meanwhile, she files a petition for a decree, of divorce on the ground of desertion by her husband.

Given below is a statement of principle followed by a failual situation. Apply the principle to the file  given below and select the most appropriate answer 

Principle: Under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, no person shall be capable of being taken in adoption unless he or she is a Hindu, he or she not already been adopted, he or she has not been married, unless there is a custom or usage applicable to the parties which permit persons who are married being taken in adoption, and he or she has not completed the age of fifteen years, unless there is a custom or usage applicable to the parties which permit persons who have completed the age of fifteen years being taken in adoption.

Facts: Vijay being a natural father had given Tarun, a boy aged 10 years, in adoption to Manoj in March 2010 in accordance with the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956. In May 2012 Manoj gave Tarun in adoption to Sanjay. Subsequently, in December 2013, Sanjay gave Tarun in adoption to Vijay.

Given below is a statement of principle followed by a failual situation. Apply the principle to the file  given below and select the most appropriate answer 

Principle: Under copyright law, copyright subsists in original literary works also. A literary work need not be of literary quality. Even so prosaic a work as an index of railway stations or a railway‟ guide or a list of stock exchange quotations qualifies as a literary work if sufficient work has been expended in compiling it to give it a new and original character.

Facts: Michael works hard enough, walking down the streets, taking down the names of people who live at houses, and makes a street directory as a result of that labour.

Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013 does not provide that: 

During a trial, an attorney is planning to call to the stand to testify six different witnesses- T, V, W, X, Y, and Z. She will call each witness exactly one time, and the  other in which she calls them is subject to the following conditions  

(i) The fourth witness must be T.  
(ii) W and Y must both be called before V.  
(iii) X must be called before W.

Which of the following could be the order in which the attorney calls the six witnesses?

LEGAL PRINCIPLES:

1. Bigamy is not permitted under Hindu law.
2. A Hindu of sound mind can adopt a child of the gender they don’t already have a child of.
3. Only the child’s father, mother, or guardian has the capacity to give the child up in adoption, under Hindu law.

FACTUAL SITUATION: Ramesh comes from a family where from the past two generations; all male members have had two wives. He also wants to continue this tradition and thus he married Suman first and then Tania. Ramesh has a son, Gunjan with Suman. However, with Tania, he is childless. He thus wishes to adopt some children. Rajat is the child of Ramesh’s brother. However, Rajat’s parents decide to go off to Dubai for 5 years and they leave their son under the care of Ramesh’s sister. Ramesh and Tania ask for Rajat in adoption from his sister who agrees and Rajat is adopted. Later, Ramesh and Suman want to adopt a daughter as well and they do adopt a girl - Sara -from an orphanage. However, at the time of signing the adoption deed, Ramesh was dead drunk. Ramesh and his entire family member are Buddhists. Keeping in mind the given principles and facts, solve the questions Is Rajat’s adoption a valid adoption?

DECISION:

The minimum wages in ______ are the highest in the northern region.