How many judicial districts has the Ministry of Law and Justice targeted under its new research-based mission on pendency?
- A.Top 50 districts
- B.Top 75 districts
- C.Top 100 districts
- D.Top 150 districts
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Explanation
The correct answer is the top 100 districts. The ministry decided against a uniform nationwide drive and instead identified the judicial districts where the number of pending cases is largest, settling on one hundred of them. The choice was not arbitrary: those districts together account for more than half of all pendency in district courts, so progress there moves the national total far more than effort spread evenly would. Options A and B understate the count, and option D overstates it. Candidates should also note that the mission is described as research-based, meaning each district is to receive its own diagnosis of why cases are delayed, and that National Law Universities have been drawn in to carry out that study using their researchers, students and pro bono clubs.
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Practice Questions
Approximately how many cases are pending across courts in India, according to the Law Ministry?
- A.Over 2.8 crore
- B.Over 4.5 crore
- C.Over 5.8 crore
- D.Over 7.2 crore
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The ministry stated that this many matters are awaiting decision in courts across the country and that the majority of them lie in the district and subordinate judiciary rather than in the constitutional courts.
Read the full explanation →Who chaired the video-conference meeting with Vice Chancellors of the National Law Universities?
- A.The Chief Justice of India
- B.Arjun Ram Meghwal
- C.The Attorney General of India
- D.The Secretary, Department of Justice
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The Chief Justice of India is wrong because this was an executive initiative of the Ministry of Law and Justice and not a judicial conference.
Read the full explanation →Vice Chancellors of how many National Law Universities, and from how many states, joined the meeting?
- A.Sixteen universities from nineteen states
- B.Nineteen universities from sixteen states
- C.Twenty-one universities from eighteen states
- D.Twenty-five universities from twenty states
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The meeting was convened with the Vice Chancellors of nineteen National Law Universities spread across sixteen states, and all of them assured the ministry of active participation in the pendency mission.
Read the full explanation →Who can submit inputs on the new demography portal?
- A.Only Central Ministries and Departments
- B.Only State and Union Territory Governments
- C.Central Ministries, State and UT Governments, NGOs and institutions, and individuals
- D.Only members of the committee and its research staff
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The portal is fully operational and open for public access, stakeholder submissions and data interaction, which is why options A, B and D, each of which narrows the list, are wrong.
Read the full explanation →Which ministry constituted the High-Level Committee on Demographic Changes?
- A.Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
- B.Ministry of Home Affairs
- C.Ministry of External Affairs
- D.Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
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The portal address itself carries the clue, since it sits on the ministry’s own domain.
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