CUSAT CAT LL.M. 2022 Question Paper with Answers

In January 2019, a TV channel billed as the world’s first dedicated to human rights was launched in which of the following cities?

Choose the word or phrase which is most nearly similar in meaning to the word shown in quotes.
All these items have been 'marked down'.

Identify the words that are similar in meaning to the phrase in quotes.
“Very few lawmakers were enthusiastic about the legislation but described it as a 'necessary evil' to avoid a government shutdown.”

Match the following:

List I (Case)	List II (Principle)
i. Kihoto Hollohan v. Zachilhu [1992 SCR (1) 686]	1. Challenge to illegality of Legislative Proceedings
ii. Basheshar Nath v. IT Commissioner [1959 AIR 149]	2. Judicial Review as basic structure of the Constitution
iii. Re Keshav Singh [AIR 1965 SC 745]	3. No person can waive her/his Fundamental Rights
iv. L. Chandra Kumar v. Union of India [1997 (2) SCR 1186]	4. Judicial Review of Speaker’s order under Anti-Defection law

According to Salmond, jurisprudence as the theory or philosophy of law is divisible into three branches, and they may be further distinguished as

Imperative law is

Natural Law is also known by the following names

Statement: Jeremy Bentham opined that there are no natural and moral rights. If they exist then they do so as non-sense, or noises without reference or truth value.
Reasoning: Rights are meaningful only if they survive, which is possible through law.

In Hohfeld’s terminology, any human being who by his acts brings changes in legal relations is said to have

Identify the words that are similar in meaning to the phrase in quotes.
“Privatization goes 'against the grain' of their principle of opposition to private ownership of industry.”

As per the Code of Civil Procedure (CPC) 1908, a person is ___________, (a) if he is not possessed of sufficient means (other than property exempt from attachment in execution of a decree and the subject-matter of the suit) to enable him to pay the fee prescribed by law for the plaint in such suit, (b) where no such fee is prescribed if he is not entitled to property worth one thousand rupees other than the property exempt from attachment in execution of decree, and the subject-matter of the suit

Which of the following statements are correct under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (which replaced the Criminal Procedure Code 1973)?
I. If the law that creates the offence has given a specific name to an offence then the offence shall be described in the charge by that name only.
II. If the law that creates the offence has not given a specific name to an offence then the offence can be described in the charge by a name convenient to the Officer/s.
III. The charge may be written in any language chosen by the prosecution.
IV. Every charge shall state the offence with which the accused is charged.

Section 360 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Section 321 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973) among others, provides for the following:
“The Public Prosecutor or Assistant Public Prosecutor in charge of a case may, with the consent of the Court, at any time before the judgment is pronounced, withdraw from the prosecution of any person either generally or in respect of any one or more of the offences for which he is tried…”
By relying upon the quoted text, identify the nature of this Section.

As per the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (which replaced the CrPC 1973), bail is a

Under the scheme of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (which replaced the CrPC 1973), non-cognisable offences are

Section 2(h) of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 defines a contract as “an agreement enforceable by law”. How do you understand the meaning of the expression “agreement”?

Statement: An offer or acceptance to a contract can be spelt out from the conduct of the parties which covers not only their acts but also omissions.
Inference: An acceptance can be made expressly or impliedly.

Statement 1: The intention of the parties is naturally to be known from the terms of the agreement and the surrounding circumstance.
Statement 2: It is for the court in each case to find out if the parties intended to enter into legal obligations.
Statement 3: The test of contractual intention is objective, not subjective.

Statement : “An offer may be made to the world at large. The contract is not made with all the world”.
Reasoning: Contract is made only with a person who comes forward and performs the conditions of the proposal