The Supreme Court has held that "sexual intercourse or sexual acts by a man with his own wife, the wife not being . . . . . . . . years, is not rape."

The Supreme Court in 2017 read down Exception 2 to Section 375 Indian Penal Code to be meaningfully read as: "Sexual intercourse or sexual acts by a man with his own wife, the wife not being under eighteen years of age, is not rape," in the case of:

A

Independent Thought v. Union of India

B

Assn. for Social Justice & Research v. Union of India

C

Court on its Own Motion (Lajja Devi) v. State

D

None of the above

Recently Supreme Court has interpreted the Exception 2 to S. 375 of Indian Penal Code as "Sexual intercourse or sexual acts by a man with his own wife, the wife not below 18 years, Is not rape". The case is-

A

Independent Thought v. Union of India

B

Youth Advocate Association v. Union of India

C

Lilly Thomas v. Union of India

D

Alakh Alok Shrivastava v. Union of India

A (a 28 year old man) and B (a 27 year old woman) were in a romantic relationship and were living together. After being in a relationship for nearly three years, A asked B whether they could have sexual intercourse. B said that she would consent to sexual intercourse only if A agreed to marry her. A promised to marry B, and thereafter they had sexual intercourse multiple times over the next three years. Subsequently, B discovered that A was not being faithful to her and was in a relationship with another woman. She broke off the relationship, and sought to initiate criminal proceedings against A. Which of the following offences can A be prosecuted for?

A

Criminal breach of trust

B

Adultery

C

Cheating, if B is able to prove that A never had the intention of marrying her

D

Custodial Rape

The following sentences form a paragraph. The first and the last sentences of the paragraph are given. The rest of the sentences are numbered as P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentences and choose the alternative that arranges them in the correct order. 1. Sexual favouritism and gender partiality/discrimination are often similarly perceived. P. At the workplace, when romance involves sexual favouritism, it is important to comprehend the cause and extent of the presence of such favouritism i.e. whether this favouritism can give way to other employees (who are not directly involved in the illicit relationship) for claiming themselves as the victims of sexual harassment. Q. However, many critics have befittingly differentiated the two. R. This concludes that sexual favouritism and gender partiality bear both direct and indirect implications for employees. S. They delineate that sexual favouritism entangles the discerning grant of a gain or opportunity at the workplace; in contrast, sexual partiality/discrimination usually involves the restraining of benefits or opportunities dependent upon an individual's gender. 6. Whether favouritism on the basis of sex remains a legitimate shape of discrimination, or whether sexual favouritism stretches to the extent of a restricted form of sexual partiality, is an important question which can only be answered through comprehending the definition of sexual harassment.

A

RSPQ

B

PSRQ

C

SRQP

D

QSPR

Which of the following statements are correct? Answer by using the code given below:
1. Persons in Govt/Judicial service need not resign to participate in District judge selection process held in "Vijay Kumar Misra and another v. High Court of Judicature at Patna" by the Supreme Court of India
2. The Supreme Court of India held in S. Kazi v. Muslim Education Society that " All Tribunals are not necessary parties to the proceedings where legality of its orders challenged"
3. The Supreme Court of India observed in Cardanumom Marketing Corporation and others v. State of Kerala and others that Social Security to the legal profession becomes an essential part of legal system
4. The Supreme Court of India held in 'Union of India v. Rajasthan High Court and others that High Court judges are exempted from Airport frisking.

A

Only 2 is correct

B

1, 2 and 3 are correct

C

2, 3 and 4 are correct

D

1, 2 and 4 are correct

Consider the following statements with reference to the Freedom of trade, commerce and intercourse within India: 1. Article 301 declares that trade, commerce and intercourse throughout the territory of India shall be free. 2. Parliament can impose restrictions on the freedom of trade, commerce and intercourse between the states or within a state in the public interest. 3. The freedom under this provision is not confined to interstate trade, commerce and intercourse but also extends to intra-state trade, commerce and intercourse. Which of the following statements is/are correct?

A

1 and 3 only

B

2 and 3 only

C

3 only

D

1, 2 and 3

Sexual acts by a man with his own wife, the wife not being under . . . . . . . . Years of age, is not rape.

A

Twelve

B

Fifteen

C

Sixteen

D

Eighteen

A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court passes judgment in a matter. In a later case before a high court, a party presents the Supreme Court judgment as a binding authority. The opposing party claims that the high court is not bound by the Supreme Court's judgment because relevant provisions of law were not brought to the notice of the Supreme Court in that case. Which of the following is most correct in this case?
Principle: Article 141 of the Constitution provides that the law declared by the Supreme Court is binding on all courts within the territory of India.

A

Since the relevant provisions of law were not brought to the notice of the Supreme Court, the five-judge bench's decision is not 'law' within the meaning of Article 141, and is not binding on the high court

B

The Supreme Court must expressly declare that its judgment is binding on all courts within the territory of India when passing judgment. In this case, the Supreme Court has not done so, and therefore, the decision of the five-judge bench is not binding on the high court

C

The High Court cannot ignore the decision of the Supreme Court on the ground that relevant provisions of law were not brought to its notice. Under Article 141, it is bound by the decision of the Supreme Court

D

Only those decisions that are passed by a larger bench than the five-judge bench would be hinding on the high court, since legitimate doubts have been raised about the propriety of the five-judge bench's decision

E

The decision of the five-judge bench, since it is in conflict with other decisions, must first be decided upon by a larger bench on the Supreme Court. Only after that would the decision be binding on all other courts under Article 141 of the Constitution

Under the provisions of section 198(6) where an offence under section 676 of Indian Penal Code consists of sexual intercourse by a man with his own wife, the wife being under . . . . . . . . years of age, no court shall take cognizance of the offence if more than one year has elapsed from the date of the commission of the offence

A

13

B

15

C

16

D

18

Assertion (A): Rape is a stigma on a woman, hence is a punishable offence
Reason (R): Sexual intercourse by a man with his wife is not rape.

A

Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

B

Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A

C

A is true but R is false

D

A is false but R is true

The Supreme Court has held that "sexual intercourse or sexual acts by a man with his own wife, the wife not being . . . . . . . . years, is not rape."

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