List of top Questions asked in All India Law Entrance Test - PhD

“It cannot be concluded from the mere fact of the control exercised by a State over its territory and waters that state necessarily knew, or ought to have known, of any unlawful act perpetrated therein, nor yet that it necessarily knew, or should have known, the authors. The fact, by itself and apart from other circumstances, neither involves prima facie responsibility nor shift the burden of proof.” The above endorsement of fault theory of state responsibility was delivered by the ICJ in which of the following cases ?

Acknowledgement of a debt by a principal debtor binds the guarantor in all respects if he had given an express consent :

‘Doctrine of Cyprus’ is related with

Following is true about relationship of partnership :

Revocation of a proposal may not be made by the following :

The Consumer Protection Act, 2019 provides for the following :

The provisions of the IBC, 2016 are applicable to:

The remedies for the defamation include the following :

Eugen Ehrlich identified the real source of law not as statute or reported cases but the activities of society. If so, which of the following statements would be correct.
i. There is a living law underlying the formal rules of legal system and the task of the judge is to integrate both
ii. In heterogenous and pluralistic societies there will invariably be more than one living law

Period of fifteen days of police custody should be counted from

State responsibility under international law requires the following to be fulfilled :
i. There exists an international legal obligation in force as between two particular States 
ii. There has occurred an act or omission which violates that obligation and which is imputable to the State responsible 
iii. Loss or damage has resulted from the unlawful act or omission 
Choose the correct option

Which one of the following is true ?

The following is not true about the Board of directors of a company :

The following statements are related to s. 56 of the Contract Act, 1872 :

While referring to natural rights, one of the jurist referred to them as “simple nonsense,” with “natural and imprescriptible rights, rhetorical nonsense – nonsense upon stilts”. Who among the following is that jurist ?

Mortgage by deposit of title deeds requires the following :

Following is not the difference between the lease and the agreement to lease :

Identify from the following statements, the correct scope of an unjust law according to Finnis in the context of the following adapted argument of Finnis. ‘The focal meaning is of an authoritative common ordering of a community, aimed at facilitating the realisation of the common good.’
i. Much of the unjust law will not be law in its focal sense
ii. Unjust law will at best be an imperfect or fringe instance of law in its focal meaning 
iii. At worst unjust law will be a mere corruption of law in that focal sense

Identify to which of the legal theories the following statements can be most appropriately alluded to.
“One of the main functions of law is obscure power relationships. Thus, the legal form will refer to the right to freely enter into contracts but in the absence of equality of bargaining power, this freedom is illusory.”

The principle of pacta sunt servanda in international law declares

UN Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation (Singapore Convention) shall apply when :
i. there exists a mediated written agreement between parties; 
ii. at least two parties to the settlement agreement have their places of business in different States; 
iii. settlement agreements concluded to resolve a dispute arising from transactions engaged in by one of the parties (a consumer) for personal, family or household purposes; 
iv. the State in which the parties to the settlement agreement have their places of business is different from either the State in which a substantial part of the obligations under the settlement agreement is performed; or the State with which the subject matter of the settlement agreement is most closely connected; 
Select the correct combination

Which types of cases cannot be dealt with by the Lok Adalat ?

Which of the followings are considered to be elements for the identity and existence of a legal system ?
i. Efficacy 
ii. Institutional character 
iii. Sources

A prompt dower is payable :

Coparcenary property of a Hindu :