UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — SC refuses to transfer ghee adulteration case out of A.P.

Q1. With reference to the power of the Supreme Court of India to transfer criminal cases under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. The Supreme Court can exercise this power only on an application made by the State government or by the investigating agency.
  2. The power extends to appeals as well as to cases pending trial.
  3. The Supreme Court may order such a transfer only where it finds the transfer expedient for the ends of justice.
  • A. 1, 2 and 3
  • B. 3 only
  • C. 1 and 2 only
  • D. 2 and 3 only

Q2. With reference to Article 139A of the Constitution of India, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. Where cases involving substantially the same questions of law of general importance are pending before the Supreme Court and one or more High Courts, the Supreme Court may withdraw the High Court cases and dispose of them itself.
  2. The Supreme Court may transfer a case, appeal or other proceeding pending before one High Court to another High Court if it is expedient for the ends of justice.
  3. Once the Supreme Court withdraws cases under this Article, it must decide them in their entirety and cannot send them back to the High Court.
  • A. 1 and 2 only
  • B. 1, 2 and 3
  • C. 1 only
  • D. 2 and 3 only

Q3. With reference to the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. It replaced the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 and brought several food-related laws and orders handled by different ministries into one framework.
  2. Standards for individual food articles such as ghee are written into the schedules of the Act itself, so revising them requires an amendment by Parliament.
  3. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India was first set up by an executive resolution and given statutory status only later.
  • A. 2 and 3 only
  • B. 1, 2 and 3
  • C. 1 only
  • D. 1 and 2 only

Q4. With reference to the jurisdiction of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the States, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. Consent for the CBI to investigate offences within a State's territory is given by the Union Government under the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946.
  2. The CBI may investigate a case in a State that has not given consent if the Supreme Court or a High Court directs it to.
  3. The requirement of State consent for CBI investigations comes from a provision of the Constitution.
  • A. 1 and 3 only
  • B. 2 only
  • C. 2 and 3 only
  • D. 1 and 2 only

Q5. Consider the following statements: Which of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

  1. The Enforcement Directorate could register a money-laundering case in the Tirupati ghee scam only after Andhra Pradesh gave consent under the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946.
  2. The Enforcement Directorate's powers to investigate, arrest and attach property in money-laundering cases come from the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.
  • A. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II explains Statement-I
  • B. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, but Statement-II does not explain Statement-I
  • C. Statement-I is correct, but Statement-II is incorrect
  • D. Statement-I is incorrect, but Statement-II is correct

Q6. With reference to criminal contempt of court in India, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. A publication that prejudices or interferes with the due course of a pending judicial proceeding can amount to criminal contempt.
  2. Criminal contempt is limited to conduct that takes place in the face of the court while it is sitting.
  3. A High Court can punish contempt of courts subordinate to it.
  • A. 1 only
  • B. 1, 2 and 3
  • C. 1 and 3 only
  • D. 2 and 3 only

Q7. The power of the Supreme Court of India to punish for contempt of itself flows primarily from which one of the following?

  • A. The Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, enacted by Parliament
  • B. Its status under the Constitution as a court of record
  • C. Its constitutional power to frame rules of procedure
  • D. Its advisory jurisdiction on references by the President