Subordinate Courts

Subordinate courts function under the control of:
a) Parliament
b) Supreme Court
c) High Court
d) President
✅ c) High Court

The district court is headed by:
a) District Magistrate
b) Chief Judicial Magistrate
c) District Judge
d) Legal Officer
✅ c) District Judge

Appointment of District Judges is done by:
a) High Court
b) Governor
c) President
d) Chief Minister
✅ b) Governor

District Judge is appointed in consultation with:
a) President
b) Supreme Court
c) High Court
d) Law Minister
✅ c) High Court

Subordinate Courts are established under:
a) Article 226
b) Article 233 to 237
c) Article 214
d) Article 121
✅ b) Article 233 to 237

District Courts deal with:
a) Civil cases only
b) Criminal cases only
c) Constitutional cases
d) Both civil and criminal cases
✅ d) Both civil and criminal cases

Civil Judge (Junior Division) deals with:
a) Only constitutional law
b) Appeals
c) Small value civil cases
d) Criminal cases
✅ c) Small value civil cases

Chief Judicial Magistrate operates under:
a) District Judge
b) High Court
c) Supreme Court
d) President
✅ a) District Judge

Who supervises the Subordinate Judiciary?
a) Parliament
b) Supreme Court
c) High Court
d) State Government
✅ c) High Court

Subordinate courts derive power from:
a) Executive orders
b) Constitution
c) State laws
d) Presidential ordinances
✅ b) Constitution

The lowest level of criminal court is:
a) High Court
b) Sessions Court
c) Magistrate Court
d) Nyaya Panchayat
✅ d) Nyaya Panchayat

The criminal jurisdiction of a Judicial Magistrate includes:
a) Death penalty
b) Life imprisonment
c) Fines up to ₹10,000 and 3 years jail
d) Constitutional cases
✅ c) Fines up to ₹10,000 and 3 years jail

Fast Track Courts are primarily set up for:
a) Civil disputes
b) Taxation cases
c) Delayed criminal cases
d) PILs
✅ c) Delayed criminal cases

Sessions Courts are established for:
a) State-level law matters
b) Civil appeals
c) Serious criminal trials
d) Supreme Court references
✅ c) Serious criminal trials

Munsif Court is another name for:
a) Sub-Divisional Court
b) Subordinate Civil Court
c) Criminal Bench
d) Revenue Court
✅ b) Subordinate Civil Court

Lok Adalat deals with:
a) Supreme Court appeals
b) Police complaints
c) Minor civil/criminal disputes
d) Constitutional review
✅ c) Minor civil/criminal disputes

Gram Nyayalayas Act was enacted in:
a) 1999
b) 2005
c) 2008
d) 2012
✅ c) 2008

The authority to set up Gram Nyayalayas lies with:
a) Parliament
b) State Governments
c) Supreme Court
d) NHRC
✅ b) State Governments

District court judgments can be appealed in:
a) Sessions Court
b) Civil Judge
c) High Court
d) Gram Panchayat
✅ c) High Court

Subordinate judges are appointed by:
a) President
b) Governor
c) High Court
d) Supreme Court
✅ c) High Court

Sessions Court is established under:
a) IPC
b) CrPC
c) Evidence Act
d) Civil Procedure Code
✅ b) CrPC

Which court can try cases punishable with death?
a) Judicial Magistrate
b) District Court
c) Sessions Court
d) Civil Court
✅ c) Sessions Court

Judiciary below the High Court is called:
a) Appellate judiciary
b) Subordinate judiciary
c) Original judiciary
d) Executive judiciary
✅ b) Subordinate judiciary

Judicial Magistrate First Class can award punishment up to:
a) 1 year
b) 3 years
c) 7 years
d) Life imprisonment
✅ b) 3 years

What is the role of District Legal Services Authority?
a) Appoint Judges
b) Handle PILs
c) Provide free legal aid
d) Pass judgments
✅ c) Provide free legal aid

Subordinate courts follow procedures from:
a) Constitution
b) Penal Code
c) CrPC and CPC
d) Administrative orders
✅ c) CrPC and CPC

Who frames rules for subordinate courts?
a) High Court
b) Parliament
c) Law Ministry
d) Chief Justice of India
✅ a) High Court

Appeals from Munsif Court go to:
a) Sessions Court
b) Civil Judge Senior Division
c) District Court
d) High Court
✅ c) District Court

Which court is known as Court of Sessions?
a) Lok Adalat
b) CJM Court
c) Sessions Judge Court
d) High Court
✅ c) Sessions Judge Court

District Judge has power equal to:
a) Magistrate
b) Sessions Judge
c) High Court Judge
d) Sub-Divisional Officer
✅ b) Sessions Judge

Tenure of subordinate judges is:
a) 5 years
b) 10 years
c) Till 58 years
d) As per state rules
✅ d) As per state rules

Which is not a type of subordinate court?
a) Civil Court
b) Criminal Court
c) Family Court
d) Advisory Court
✅ d) Advisory Court

Which subordinate court hears family disputes?
a) District Court
b) Sessions Court
c) Family Court
d) Lok Adalat
✅ c) Family Court

Judges of subordinate courts are recruited through:
a) UPSC
b) State Public Service Commission
c) Parliament
d) NHRC
✅ b) State Public Service Commission

Which Article deals with control of High Courts over subordinate courts?
a) Article 124
b) Article 227
c) Article 226
d) Article 234
✅ b) Article 227

Gram Nyayalayas are set up at:
a) State capital
b) District HQ
c) Taluka level
d) Village level
✅ d) Village level

Which court tries petty offences at village level?
a) Munsif Court
b) Judicial Magistrate
c) Gram Nyayalaya
d) District Court
✅ c) Gram Nyayalaya

Legal Services Authority Act was passed in:
a) 1977
b) 1987
c) 1999
d) 2005
✅ b) 1987

Family Courts Act was enacted in:
a) 1980
b) 1984
c) 1986
d) 1989
✅ b) 1984

Fast Track Courts were first established in:
a) 1996
b) 2000
c) 2005
d) 2010
✅ b) 2000

Maintenance cases under CrPC are heard by:
a) Sessions Court
b) CJM
c) Magistrate First Class
d) Family Court
✅ d) Family Court

Which is not under subordinate judiciary?
a) Family Court
b) Juvenile Court
c) Tribunal
d) Munsif Court
✅ c) Tribunal

Chief Judicial Magistrate functions under:
a) Collector
b) District Judge
c) CM
d) High Court
✅ b) District Judge

Family court appeals go to:
a) Sessions Court
b) Lok Adalat
c) High Court
d) Gram Nyayalaya
✅ c) High Court

District Court has original jurisdiction over:
a) PILs
b) State matters
c) High-value civil & criminal matters
d) SC references
✅ c) High-value civil & criminal matters

Which Article provides for recruitment of subordinate judiciary?
a) Article 233
b) Article 50
c) Article 231
d) Article 214
✅ a) Article 233

Subordinate courts are answerable to:
a) Law Ministry
b) State Government
c) High Court
d) Chief Minister
✅ c) High Court

Nyaya Panchayats work as:
a) Lok Sabha Committees
b) Part of Civil Court
c) People’s court
d) State Tribunal
✅ c) People’s court

Nyaya Panchayats provide:
a) Free elections
b) Quick civil justice
c) Taxation services
d) Legal education
✅ b) Quick civil justice

Gram Nyayalayas are presided over by:
a) District Magistrate
b) Nyaya Mitra
c) Nyayadhikari
d) Sarpanch
✅ c) Nyayadhikari