History & Civics
The purpose of the Writ Mandamus is:
- To compel an inferior court or an individual to perform their duty.
- To provide relief to some person who is unlawfully held in prison.
- To ask a person under what authority he/she holds some public office.
- To direct the Inferior Court to keep within the limits of its Jurisdiction.
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To compel an Inferior Court or an individual to perform their duty.
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The Writ of Habeas Corpus:
- Provides remedy to one who is unlawfully held in prison or in police custody
- Compels an inferior Court or an individual to perform his/her duty
- Prevents an inferior Court from exercising powers with which it is not legally vested.
- Requires a Lower Court to hand over the record of a particular case to the higher court.
Which among the following is not a Correct Statement about Advisory Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court?
- The President may obtain the Opinion of the Supreme Court on a question of law or fact, which is of public importance.
- The Supreme Court may report its opinion after such hearings as it thinks fit.
- Opinion of the Supreme Court under Advisory Jurisdiction shall be binding on the President.
- In the past the President had to seek Supreme Court's Opinion on several matters.
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- Revisory Jurisdiction
- Advisory Jurisdiction
- Original Jurisdiction
- Judicial Review
Name the highest judicial body in India.