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1. The Assam government is all set to bring laws for transparency in marriages. The law mandates bride, groom to :
A. Disclose religion B. Disclose the medical issues
C. Disclose the source of income D. Both (a) & (c) are correct
2. In its recent judgement, Karnataka High Court ruled that 'the right to marry the person of choice, irrespective of the
caste or religion', is a :
A. Legal Right B. Human Right
C. Contractual Right D. Fundamental Right
3. Recently, the Maharashtra’s first ‘child-friendly police station’ was inaugurated in ___________________.
A. Nashik B. Aurangabad
C. Pune D. Bandra
4. Recently, Twitter expanded 'Hate Speech Policy' to include the languages which targets :
A. Religion B. Ethnicity
C. Race D. Both (b) & (c)
5. In its recent directions, the Delhi High Court directs Delhi Government 'to ensure symptomatic, home quarantined
COVID patients follow ICMR Guidelines'. This direction was issued by :
A. Justice Gita Mittal B. Justice Hima Kohli
D. The division bench of Justices Hima Kohli & Justice
C. Justice Subramonium Prasad
Subramonium Prasad
6. 'International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of Crime and Genocide' was celebrated, recently on
:
A. 8 December B. 9 December
C. 10 December D. 2 December
7. Recently, the Delhi High Court seeks centre's stand in PIL(Public Interest Litigation) to ban Gambling, Betting
websites including :
A. Dream11 B. My11Circle
C. Gamezy D. Both (a) & (b)
8. Recently, which High Court initiated the suo-motu petition for the first time as such, to ensure elections are held to
municipal bodies ?
A. Gauhati High Court B. Karnataka High Court
C. Delhi High Court D. Patna High Court
9. Which bench of Rajasthan High Court has recently that, 'a female government servant is entitled to grant of
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maternity leave, irrespective of the fact that she had given birth to the child prior to her joining Government Service'
?
A. Jaipur B. Jodhpur
C. Bikaner D. Matsya Union
10. Recently, which Court rejects the Trump-backed Texas State's suit to invalidate results in favor of Joe Biden ?
A. Texas Court B. United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
C. United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit D. Washington DC Court
11. The Chief Executive Officer of ARG Outlier Media Pvt Ltd (owner of Republic TV & Republic Bharat) Vikas
Khanchandani and its Chief Financial Officer Sivasubramanian Sundaram moved to which Court on December 11,
2020, seeking anticipatory bail in the fake TRP scam case registered by the police ?
A. Chief Metropolitan's Magistrate Court, Dhobi Talao B. Mumbai City Civil & Sessions Court, Mumbai
C. Session Court, Mumbai D. Andheri Session Court
12. Recently, which High Court has dismissed the plea against the NEET 2020 answer sheet ?
A. Delhi High Court B. Allahabad High Court
C. Bombay High Court D. Patna High Court
13. The prestigious, '6th Justice VR Krishna Iyer Memorial Lecture' organized by Sarada Krishna Sadgamaya
Foundation For Law and Justice on December 12, 2020 was delivered by _______________.
A. Justice Ravindra Bhat B. Justice Gita Mittal
C. Justice S.A. Bobde D. Y. Chandrachud
14. The Northeast's First 'Human Milk Bank' opens at _______________.
A. Guwahati B. Mizoram
C. Gogamukh D. Manipur
15. Which High Court, in its recent judgement, held that "Charge Of Attempt To Murder for attending Tablighi Jamaat
congregation prima facie an abuse of process of law". ?
A. Delhi High Court B. Allahabad High Court
C. Punjab & Haryana High Court D. Bombay High Court
16. Recently, which High Court takes Suo Moto cognizance of illegal smuggling & trading of Endangered Species of
birds in the state ?
A. Karnataka High Court B. Bombay High Court
C. Rajasthan High Court D. Calcutta High Court
17. Which High Court, in its recent judgement, held that "Live-in relationship between consenting adults not an offence"
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?
A. Delhi High Court B. Patna High Court
C. Allahabad High Court D. Jammu & Kashmir High Court
18. Jammu & Kashmir High Court has recently launched a 'legal outreach program'. What is the name of that program?
A. Insaf B. Manila Shasktikaran
C. Insaf ki Dustak D. None of the above
19. In its recent direction, the Delhi High Court told to NCRB(National Crime Records Bureau), to include which group
as separate category in prison statistics ?
A. Gays B. Lunatics
C. Sex Workers D. Transgenders
20. 'The International Day of Neutrality' was celebrated recently on ?
A. 10 December B. 12 December
C. 08 December D. 07 December
21. Madhya Pradesh High Court has issued notices to state government and State Pollution Control Board over sewage
flowing and construction works on the bank of which river ?
A. Chambal B. Betwa
C. Narmada D. Shipra
22. Which Court has struck down the statutory requirement of making persons convicted of sex offenses carry an
identification card branded with the words "SEX OFFENDERS" ?
A. The Louisiana Supreme Court B. The Texas Court
C. Washington DC Court D. US Supreme Court
23. Recently, a PIL(Public Interest Litigation) was filed in the Supreme Court of India to "Exempt Haj pilgrimage
through HGOs also from service tax". Petitioner filed this PIL seeking- inter alia, a writ/ order/ direction declaring
that the levy of service tax on the pilgrims (Hajis), who undertake a religious pilgrimage of Haj and Umrah in the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is unconstitutional, infringing fundamental rights of the Hajis enshrined in Articles :
A. Article 21 only B. Article 15
C. Article 25 D. Article 14, 19, 21 and 25
24. The Union Cabinet has approved 'Atmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojna' to boost employment opportunities in the
country. The government claims, it will benefit around _____________.
A. 58.5 lakh employees B. 50 lakh employees
C. 55.5 lakh employees D. 60 lakh employees
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25. In its recent observation, the Madras High Court observed that, the delay in stabilizing a bench for NCLAT(National
Company Law Appellate Tribunal) in Chennai may amount to Contempt of the Supreme court's direction to establish
Circuit Benches of the Tribunal in the case of _____________.
A. Swiss Ribbons B. Nestle India
C. Cipla Pharmaceuticals D. Patanjali Ayurveda
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1. D
Sol. ● The Assam government is working on a new marriage law that will make it mandatory for
both the bride and the groom to disclose their religion and source of income among other
things. This move has come to light in the backdrop of several NDA-ruled states announcing
laws to tackle incidents of 'Love Jihad'.
● Interacting with people in Guwahati on 1st December, 2020, Assam Finance minister
Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the state government's new marriage will not resemble the
one being implemented in Uttar Pradesh or Madhya Pradesh. This law will basically empower
women.
● This new law will bring full transparency between husband and wife and aims to empower
women, Assam Finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

2. D
Sol. ● On 02 December, 2020, the High Court division bench comprising Justices S. Sujata and
Sachin Shankar Magadum gave the ruling while hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by one
Wajeed Khan seeking the release of his partner Ramya from confinement.
● The Karnataka High Court ruled recently that the right of any major individual to marry the
person of his/her choice is a fundamental right that is enshrined in the Constitution of India.
● In it's judgement, the court ruled that it is well settled that a right of any major individual to
marry the person of his/her choice is a fundamental right and said liberty relating to the
personal relationships of two individuals cannot be encroached by anybody irrespective of
caste or religion.

3. C
Sol. ● Objectives of the 'child-friendly police station' include creating a set-up on the police
premises that promises to provide a curative and preventive approach at rehabilitating children
in need.
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● In a first-of-its-kind initiative in Maharashtra, Pune City Police on 01 December, 2020,

started the ‘Balsnehi (child-friendly) police station’ on the premises of the Lashkar police
station in Pune Camp.
● This will benefit even those children who have committed offences and “ensure that
repeated offenders and children from nearby communities are not engaged in criminal
activities and, on the contrary, support police in prevention of crime.”

4. D
Sol. ● The company banned speech that dehumanizes others based on religion or caste last year
and updated the rule in March to add age, disability and disease to the list of protected
categories.
● Twitter, on 3rd December, 2020, expanded its policy barring hateful speech to include
"language that dehumanizes people on the basis of race, ethnicity and national origin," it said
in an official statement.
● Civil rights group 'Color of Change', part of a coalition of advocacy organizations that have
been pushing tech companies to reduce hate speech online, called the changes "essential
concessions" following years of outside pressure.

5. D
Sol. ● On 4th December, 2020, the High Court of Delhi directed Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Govt to
ensure that persons who are symptomatic & in-home quarantine, adhere to the guidelines
prescribed by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to keep a check in a surge of
COVID-19 cases in Delhi.
● The division bench of Justices Hima Kohli & Justice Subramonium Prasad's direction came
while observing that the positivity rate is above 5% in Delhi & even as of Wednesday, there
were about 4,000 new cases of the COVID-19 infection.
● The Delhi Govt in its COVID-19 status report stated that between Nov 25 to Dec 1, 5,28,670
tests were conducted, out of which, 2,48,700 tests were done by adopting the Rapid Antigen
Test (RAT) method & 2,46,635 tests were done through RT-PCR & other methods.
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6. B
Sol. ● 9 December 2020 marks the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims
of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime, as well as the 72nd anniversary
of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (the
“Genocide Convention”), the first human rights treaty adopted by the General Assembly.
● The Convention signifies the international community’s commitment to “never again” and
provides the first international legal definition of “genocide,” widely adopted at national and
international levels. It also establishes a duty for State Parties to prevent and punish the crime
of genocide.

7. D
Sol. ● In a petition seeking a direction to ban and prohibit all gambling, betting, wagering websites,
the Delhi High Court issued a notice on 10th December, 2020.
● In public interest litigation, a Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek
Jalan sought a response from the Central government, as well as the Delhi government.
● Dream11, My11circle, PaytmFirstGames etc are some of these websites listed by the
petitioner.
● As per the petitioner, according to the laws of our country, gambling and wagering are per se
illegal, and have historically been regarded as vices.
● The petitioner asserted that, because of its ease of access, ability to play on the go, etc.,
online gambling is a far worse evil than regular gambling.
● Concerns about addiction among youngsters to these games were also raised in the plea. It
is further claimed that such online gambling websites may be a great place to perform hawala
operations, money laundering, etc.

8. B
Sol. ● A division bench of the Karnataka High Court comprising Chief Justice Abhay Oka and
Justice S Vishwajith Shetty on Monday directed the registry to initiate a suo-motu writ petition
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to issue directions to State Government and the State Election Commission to hold elections
to the Municipalities as per the mandate of clause (3) of Article 243U of the Constitution.
● The petitioner ANAND DHUMAL, sought directions to the state government and state
election commission to hold elections to the Vijayapura Municipal Corporation. The court
directed the Registrar General to make the State Government and the State Election
Commission as parties to the suo motu writ petition which shall be placed before this court on
December 17, 2020, for orders.

9. B
Sol. ● The Rajasthan High Court (Jodhpur Bench) on 07th December, 2020, held that a female
government servant is entitled to grant of maternity leave, irrespective of the fact that she had
given birth to the child prior to her joining Government service.
● The Bench of Justice Dinesh Mehta specifically ruled;
"A female Government servant is entitled to avail maternity leave, if she joins within the period
of confinement i.e. 15 days before to three months after the childbirth, regardless of the fact
that the child was born prior to joining or before issuance of appointment order".

10. B
Sol. ● In a major set back to Donald Trump's bid to overturn the election results against him, the
Supreme Court of the United States of America rejected a legal challenge attempted by the
State of Texas backed by Trump to undo the election results in favour of Joe Biden in four
states.
● The suit sought to invalidate the election results in the states of Michigan, Georgia,
Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
● While the majority held that Texas had no right to bring the suit itself, two of the court's
conservatives, Justice Samuel Alito and Justice Clarence Thomas, said they would have
allowed Texas to sue but would not grant any other relief.

11. C
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Sol. ● The Chief Executive Officer of ARG Outlier Media Pvt Ltd (owner of Republic TV & Republic
Bharat) Vikas Khanchandani and its Chief Financial Officer Sivasubramanian Sundaram
moved Sessions Court, Mumbai on December 11, 2020, seeking anticipatory bail in the fake
TRP scam case registered by the Mumbai police.

12. B
Sol. ● Giving relief to the successful candidates of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test
(NEET) 2020, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court recently dismissed the petition
challenging the answer sheet.
● The Court said the disputed questions raised in the petition have been considered by the
experts and they have found the relevant answers to be correct.
● A single bench of Justice Rajneesh Kumar gave this order on a petition filed by Saliha Khan
and other candidates.

13. A
Sol. ● The '6th Justice VR Krishna Iyer Memorial Lecture' organized by Sarada Krishna
Sadgamaya Foundation For Law and Justice on December 12, 2020 was delivered by Justice
Ravindra Bhat.
● Justice Shripathi Ravindra Bhat (born 21 October 1958) is a Judge of the Supreme Court of
India. He is former Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court. He is also the former Judge of Delhi
High Court.

14. A
Sol. ● The first human milk bank in the northeast was opened in Guwahati, Assam, on December
09, 2020.
● Opened in Satribari Christian Hospital (SCH), the bank, which is the 15th such unit in India,
will be able to store human milk for up to six years.

15. B
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Sol. ● While staying further criminal proceedings in a case against the applicant-accused (Mohd.
Sad) for attending Tablighi Jamaat Congregation, the Allahabad High Court on 02nd
December, 2020, observed that charge sheeting the applicant under Section 307 IPC, prima
facie reflected abuse of the power of.
● The Bench of Justice Ajay Bhanot was hearing the plea of applicant-accused who
contended before the Court that even if the evidence collected during the investigation as well
as the FIR is taken on their face value (though denied as incorrect), no offence is disclosed
against the applicants.

16. D
Sol. ● Calcutta High Court takes Suo Moto cognizance of illegal smuggling & trading of
Endangered Species of birds in the state.
● A Division Bench of Chief Justice Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan and Justice Arijit Banerjee
has taken up the matter on the basis of a newspaper report that 'exposed the tip of an iceberg'
regarding the 'cruel intrusion' into the life birds'.

17. C
Sol. ● Observing that a live-in relationship between two consenting adults is not an offence, the
Allahabad High Court recently granted police protection to a couple who wanted to live
together.
● The High Court observed that it is "settled the law that where a boy and a girl are major and
they are living with their free will, then, nobody including their parents, has authority to
interfere with their living together".

18. C
Sol. ● Chief Justice, High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Patron-in-Chief J&K State Legal
Services Authority, Gita Mittal, on December 08, 2020, launched an ambitious legal outreach
programme “Insaf Ki Dastak”.
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● The programme aims at providing access to justice at the door steps of people living in far-
flung and inaccessible areas of the UTs of J&K and Ladakh who face severe hardships in
reaching the courts for their legal issues.

19. D
Sol. ● The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has agreed to include transgender as a
separate category in the gender classification of prisoners in their annual publication of prison
statistics 2020, it informed the Delhi High Court on December 07, 2020.

20. B
Sol. ● International Day of Neutrality is a United Nations recognized day held on December 12
each year to raise public awareness of the value of neutrality in international relations.
● It was officially declared by a UN General Assembly resolution adopted in February 2017
and first observed on December 12, 2017.
● Neutrality is defined as the legal status arising from the abstention of a state from all
participation in a war between other states, the maintenance of an attitude of impartiality
toward the belligerents, and the recognition by the belligerents of this abstention and
impartiality.

21. C
Sol. ● Madhya Pradesh High Court (MPHC) has issued notices to state government and State
Pollution Control Board over sewage flowing and construction works on the bank of Narmada
river.
● The Madhya Pradesh High Court has summoned the state government to submit the status
regarding the action taken in connection with the construction and work done on the banks of
river Narmada along the Tilwaraghat area of ​Jabalpur.

22. A
Sol. ● The Louisiana Supreme Court has struck down the statutory requirement of making persons
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convicted of sex offenses carry an identification card branded with the words "SEX
OFFENDERS".
● As the court noted in its ruling, other states (and the federal government) have enacted
similar collections of laws. However, the specific requirement to carry a branded identification
card distinguishes Louisiana from the rest of the country. Forty-one other states do not require
any designation on the identification cards of sex offenders.

23. D
Sol. ● The petition is filed by Advocate on record Gaurav Agarwal and listed for virtual hearing
before the bench of Justices A. M. Khanwilkar and S. Ravindra Bhat.
● Petitioner filed this writ petition seeking- inter alia, a writ/ order/ direction declaring that the
levy of service tax on the pilgrims (Hajis), who undertake a religious pilgrimage of Haj and
Umrah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is unconstitutional, infringing fundamental rights of the
Hajis enshrined in Articles 14, 19, 21 and 25 of the Constitution.

24. A
Sol. ● The Union Cabinet has approved the Atmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana, on December 09,
2020, which, the government claims, will benefit around 58.5 lakh employees.
● The scheme will cost the exchequer Rs 22,810 crore for the entire scheme period i.e. 2020-
2023. The expenditure for the current financial year will be Rs 1,584 crore.
● The scheme is aimed at creating more jobs in the formal sector and will benefit over 58 lakh
employees, Union Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar said while briefing the press after the
Cabinet meeting.

25. A
Sol. ● The Madras High Court observe on 14 December, 2020, that the delay in establishing a
bench for NCLAT in Chennai may amount to Contempt of the Supreme court's direction in the
Swiss Ribbons case to establish Circuit Bench of the Tribunal.
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● A division bench comprising of Justice M. Sathyanarayana and Justice P. Rajamanickam

directed the Additional Solicitor General of India to seek instructions in the matter in file
counter affidavit.