UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — SC proposes special courts for violence cases in Manipur

Q1. In August 2026, while proposing two exclusive trial courts for the cases arising out of the 2023 Manipur ethnic violence, the Supreme Court directed that a status report on the matter be placed before it, before the next date of hearing, by which one of the following?

  • A. The Registrar General of the High Court concerned
  • B. The Additional Solicitor-General appearing for the Union of India
  • C. The Director General of the National Investigation Agency
  • D. The Chief Secretary of the Government of Manipur

Q2. As per the CBI's status placed before the Supreme Court in August 2026 in the Manipur violence cases, the CBI had filed chargesheets in 22 cases. In how many of these had the trial court taken cognisance?

  • A. 15
  • B. 20
  • C. 21
  • D. 27

Q3. The Central Bureau of Investigation, which investigated 31 cases arising from the 2023 Manipur violence, functions under the administrative control of which one of the following?

  • A. The Department of Personnel and Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
  • B. The Department of Internal Security, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India
  • C. The Department of Justice, Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India
  • D. The Bureau of Police Research and Development, Ministry of Home Affairs

Q4. Under the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952, a Commission appointed by notification in the Official Gazette is one constituted for which one of the following purposes?

  • A. To make an inquiry into any definite matter of public importance and perform such functions, and within such time, as the notification may specify
  • B. To try, as a court of original criminal jurisdiction, offences arising out of any definite matter of public importance so notified
  • C. To adjudicate disputes between the Union and a State arising out of any definite matter of public importance referred to it
  • D. To review and revise the findings recorded by a criminal court in any case involving a definite matter of public importance

Q5. Control over district courts and courts subordinate thereto, including the posting and promotion of, and the grant of leave to, persons belonging to the judicial service of a State, is vested by the Constitution in which one of the following?

  • A. The High Court of the State concerned
  • B. The Governor of the State, acting in consultation with the State Public Service Commission
  • C. The Department of Law and Judiciary of the State Government concerned
  • D. The Supreme Court of India, acting through its Registry

Q6. The direction to the State Government to send a recommendation to the Centre for inclusion of the Meitei community in the Scheduled Tribes list — issued shortly before the outbreak of violence in May 2023 — emanated from which one of the following?

  • A. The High Court of Manipur
  • B. The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes
  • C. The Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India
  • D. The Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India

Q7. In its 2026 directions on dedicated NIA courts, the Supreme Court prescribed that within each High Court's jurisdiction at least one exclusive NIA court should be set up for every how many pending trials?

  • A. 5 to 10
  • B. 10 to 15
  • C. 25 to 30
  • D. 50 to 60