CLAT PG 2020 Previous Question Paper – Passage 3

This series of articles contains the complete CLAT PG 2020 question paper, conducted for the LLM admissions through the CLAT 2020 exam. In 2020, the pattern of the question paper was changed from the traditional MCQs to a ‘Comprehension based’ model. Each article in this series has one passage and the ten questions following it.

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• CLAT PG 2020 – Comprehension Passage 1
• CLAT PG 2020 – Comprehension Passage 2
• CLAT PG 2020 – Comprehension Passage 3
• CLAT PG 2020 – Comprehension Passage 4
• CLAT PG 2020 – Comprehension Passage 5
• CLAT PG 2020 – Comprehension Passage 6
• CLAT PG 2020 – Comprehension Passage 7
• CLAT PG 2020 – Comprehension Passage 8
• CLAT PG 2020 – Comprehension Passage 9
• CLAT PG 2020 – Comprehension Passage 10
• CLAT PG 2020 – Comprehension Passage 11
• CLAT PG 2020 – Comprehension Passage 12

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CLAT PG Comprehension Passage 3

In taking this view, Justice Rajagopala Ayyangar, speaking for a majority of five judges, relied upon the judgment of Justice Frankfurter, speaking for the US Supreme Court in Wolf v Colorado, which held: “The security of one’s privacy against arbitrary intrusion by the police … is basic to a free society… We have no hesitation in saying that were a State affirmatively to sanction such police incursion into privacy it would run counter to the guarantee of the Fourteenth Amendment.”

While the Court observed that the Indian Constitution does not contain a guarantee similar to the Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution, it proceeded to hold that:
“Nevertheless, these extracts would show that an unauthorised intrusion into a person’s home and the disturbance caused to him thereby, is as it were the violation of a common law right of a man an ultimate essential of ordered liberty, if not of the very concept of civilisation. An English Common Law maxim asserts that “every man’s house is his castle” and in Semayne case [5 Coke 91: 1 Sm LC (13th Edn) 104 at p. 105] where this was applied, it was stated that “the house of everyone is to him as his castle and fortress as well as for h is defence against injury and violence as for his repose”. We are not unmindful of the fact that Semayne case [(1604) 5 Coke 91: 1 Sm LC (13th Edn) 104 at p. 105] was concerned with the law relating to executions in England, but the passage extracted has a validity quite apart from the context of the particular decision. It embodies an abiding principle which transcends mere protection of property rights and expounds a concept of “personal liberty” which does not rest on any element of feudalism or on any theory of freedom which has ceased to be of value.”

Source: Excerpt taken from the Judgment delivered by a 9 Judge bench of the Supreme Court in 2017 and authored by Dr. D. Y. Chandrachud. J.

21. The above passage is from which of the following judgments?
a) Justice K. S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) v. Union of India, (2018) 10 SCC 1.
b) Justice K. S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) v. Union of India, (2017) 1 SCC 10.
c) Justice K. S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) v. Union of India, (2017) 10 SCC 1.
d) Justice K. S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) v. Union of India, (2018) 1 SCC 10.

22. Which of the following is directly related with the central idea of the passage mentioned above?
a) Right to Privacy of an individual, being part of the Right to Life.
b) The extent and scope of the ‘ordered liberty’ as a tenet of liberty under Article 21 of the Constitution.
c) Right to Life of an individual apart from mere animal existence.
d) All of the above

23. The above passage mentions, “Every man’s house is his castle.” Who amongst the following has stated this quote in the Semayne’s Case?
a) Justice Rowland.
b) Justice Holmes.
c) Lord Justice A.W. Semens.
d) Justice Blackburn.

24. The above passage makes a mention of the judgment delivered by Justice Rajagopala Ayyangar. Which one of the following judgments is in context here?
a) Kharak Singh v. State of U.P.
b) M.P. Sharma v. Satish Chandra
c) Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India
d) Rustom Cavasji Cooper v. Union of India

25. Which of the following is not an interpretation of the Right to Privacy as explained by the Supreme Court in Puttaswamy judgment?
a) The destruction by the State of a sanctified personal space, of body and mind is violative of the guarantee against arbitrary state action.
b) The intersection between one’s mental integrity and privacy entitles the individual to the freedom of self-determination.
c) The privacy of an individual recognises an inviolable right to determine how freedom shall be exercised.
d) The guarantee of privacy is a guarantee against the arbitrary State action.

26. Which of the following is true in relation to the scope of the newly evolved ‘Right to Privacy’?
a) The Right to Privacy cannot be denied, even if there is a miniscule fraction of the population which is affected.
b) The majoritarian concept applies to the Constitutional Rights and the Courts must adhere to the majoritarian view.
c) One’s sexual orientation is undoubtedly not an attribute of privacy.
d) Right to Privacy is an unrestricted and inviolable right, outside the fetters of any State action.

27. In which of the following cases the Supreme Court held that, “Sexual orientation is an attribute of privacy. Discrimination against an individual on the basis of sexual orientation is deeply offensive to the dignity and self-worth of the individual. Equality demands that the sexual orientation of each individual in society must be protected on an even platform. The right to privacy and the protection of sexual orientation lie at the core of the fundamental rights guaranteed by Article 14, 15 and 21 of the Constitution. ”?
a) Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) v. Union of India.
b) Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India.
c) NALSA v. Union of India.
d) Suresh Kumar Koushal v. Naz Fundation.

28. Speaking for four of the nine judges, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, observes, “Individually, these information silos may seem inconsequential. In aggregation, they disclose the nature of the personality; food habits, language, health, hobbies, sexual preferences, friendships, ways of dress and political affiliation. ” Which of the following is in context of the above statement?
a) Right to Privacy.
b) Informational/Data Privacy.
c) The Aadhaar Act, 2016.
d) None of the above.

29. Which of the following is not a tenet of the term ‘Life’ under Article 21 of the Constitution?
a) Right to Die with Dignity
b) Right to Live with Dignity
c) Freedom of Sexual Orientation
d) Right to Reputation

30. Recently, it has been reported that in Uttar Pradesh more than 50% of the people booked under the National Security Act were involved in cow slaughter. In Puttaswamy, which of the following judges has included food preferences in his judgment?
a) Justice D.Y. Chandrachud
b) Justice Dipak Misra
c) Justice R. F. Nariman
d) Justice Jasti Chelameshwar

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