TVIS VELAMMAL VIDYALAYA, PONNERI

STD-VIII SOCIAL TOPIC SHEET

CIV LN-4:THE JUDICIARY
I. Answer in One Word:
(i) Choose the correct answer:
1. ___________________ protects the rights and liberties of an
individual
a. Legislature b. Executive c. Judiciary
2. _____________guard the citizen’s rights.
a. Courts b. Government c. Parliament
3. The Supreme Court is located in _____________________
a. Chennai b. New Delhi c. Coimbatore
4. The power to pass judgement in cases is ________________
a. sedition b. Anarchy c. Jurisdiction
5. _____________is the ultimate interpreter of the constitution
and the laws of the land.
a. Supreme Court b. Central government c. State
6. The Supreme Court judge retires at the age of _______
a. 65 b. 75 c. 85
7. The __________________finalises the removal of the judge
from the seat of the Supreme Court.
a. Chief minister b. President c. Law
8. The High court judge retires at the age of________
a.65 b.62 c.68
9. A _____________ is also called court of records.
a.supreme court b.high court c.law
10. matrimonial cases are examples of _______________
a.civil cases b.criminal cases c.none of these .
(ii)Fillin the blanks:
1.The_________________ is that organ of the government
which is responsible for settling disputes through
interpretation of laws.
2. The Judiciary strikes off any law, passed by the parliament
of India, if it is against the provision of the Constitution. This
is called ______________.
3. High courts are placed under the _____________.
4. The Supreme Court of India is headed by the chief justice
and other judges appointed by the _________________
5. The Supreme Court judge retires at the age of
_________________
6. The original Jurisdiction of Supreme Court is its power to
hear certain cases for the __________________time.
7. The_________________ is the highest court of appeal in civil
and criminal cases.
8. The chief justice of a High Court is appointed by the
_________________
(iii)Complete the flow chart:

HIGH COURTS

(iv)Complete the table:

CRIMINAL CASES CIVIL CASES
Cases concerned with
Private rights

Murder, robbery are

examples

Remedy in civil case is in

the form of compensation or
injunction
 Criminal cases cannot be
settled out of court as it
involves the state also.

II. Higher Order Thinking Skills:

1. “Judiciary in India has been kept separate from the
legislature and the executive”-Why?

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2. Enumerate the qualifications required to become a Judge
of the supreme court.
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III. Read the Extract and Answer:
The high courts of India are the principal civil courts
of original jurisdiction in each state and union territory.
However, a high court exercises its original civil and criminal
jurisdiction only if the subordinate courts are not authorized
by law to try such matters for lack of pecuniary, territorial
jurisdiction. High courts may also enjoy original jurisdiction
in certain matters, if so designated specifically in a state or
federal law.
Basically, the work of most high courts primarily consists of
appeals from lower courts and writ petitions in terms of
Article 226 of the constitution. Writ jurisdiction is also an
original jurisdiction of a high court.
Under Article 141 of the constitution, all courts in India —
including high courts — are bounded by the judgments and
orders of the Supreme Court of India by precedence.
Judges in a high court are appointed by the President of
India in consultation with the Chief Justice of India and
the governor of the state. The number of judges in a court is
decided by dividing the average institution of main cases
during the last five years by the national average, or the
average rate of disposal of main cases per judge per year in
that High Court, whichever is higher.
(i) Write few lines about high court of India.

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(ii) Elucidate the basic work of high courts.

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(iii) State the Article 141 of our Indian Constitution.

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(iv) How are the Judges of the High Court appointed?
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(v) How are the number of Judges of the High court decided?

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TVIS VELAMMAL VIDYALAYA, PONNERI
STD-VIII SOCIAL TOPIC SHEET
CIV LN-5: THE POLICE AND THE COURTS
I. Answer in One Word:
(i)Choose the Correct answer:
1.___________ states have divisional system of administration.
a)Kerala b)Andhra c)Karnataka
2.________ is the third branch of the government.
a)Legislature b)Executive c)Judiciary
3.______ plays an important role in laying the foundations of
constitutional laws.
a)Legislature b)Executive c)Judiciary
4.Any ordinary person can approach the _________ to resolve
their grievances.
a)Legislature b)Executive c)Judiciary
5.__________, on the other hand is responsible for
maintaining law and order in the state.
a)Police b)Judge c)Lawyer.
6.The Police and the __________ will work together in
imparting Justice.
a)Commisioner b)Lawyer c)Court.
7.The _______ was set up to serve the interests of the Indian
Citizens.
a)Education dept. b)Police dept. c)Health care
8.Most of the _______ are under the custody of an inspector of
Police.
a)Thanas b)Regions c)Areas
9.One of the most important duties of the police is to
investigate __________.
a)Culprit b)Crime c)Innocent
10.Who will prepare the FIR?
a)Police b)Judge c)Lawyer
(ii) Fillin the Blanks:
1.FIR usually contains ______________________.
2.A ____________ prosecutes the offender who violates the law.
3.The ___________________ hears all the witnesses and other
evidences.
4.__________________ interpret the laws.
5.________________________ assess the evidence presented.
6.A _________________ is the basis of any democratic society.
7.The ____________________ are cross examined by the public
prosecutor and the defence lawyer.
8.The ____________________ hears both the sides of the case.

(iii)Complete the table

ABBREVIATIONS FULL FORM

FIR

DGP

NAPO

DSP

(iii) Complete the flow chart:

SP

Inspector
 Asst. Sub-Inspector

Constable

II. Higher Order Thinking Skills:

1. “Judiciary plays an extremely important and productive

role in laying the foundations of constitutional laws”-How?

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2. Elucidate in brief about the agents of Justice system.

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III. Read the Passage and answer:

The essential object of criminal law is to protect society

against criminals and law-breakers. For this purpose the law
holds out threats of punishments to prospective lawbreakers
as well as attempts to make the actual offenders suffer the
prescribed punishments for their crimes. Therefore, criminal
law, in its wider sense, consists of both the substantive
criminal law and the procedural (or adjective) criminal law.
Substantive criminal law defines offences and prescribes
punishments for the same, while the procedural law
administers the substantive law.
Therefore the two main statues which deals with
administration of criminal cases in our country are criminal
procedure code i.e. Crpc and Indian penal code i.e. Ipc being
procedural and substantive respectively. However with the
changing times the societal norms also change and people
who are part of this society have to accept this change either
by way of compromise or any other way in order to adjust
and make them still the part of the very same society.

(i) Mention the essential objective of criminal law.

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(ii) Name the types of criminal laws.

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(iii) Compare and Contrast Substantive criminal law and
Procedural law.

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(iv) What are the two main statues which deals with
administration of criminal cases in our country?
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(v) Expand IPC

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TVIS VELAMMAL VIDYALAYA, PONNERI

CLASS:VIII SOCIAL NEW WORDS
CIV LN-4:THE JUDICIARY
NEW WORDS:
S.NO WORDS MEANING

1. Infringement A violation, regulation or

agreement
2. Magistrate A civil officer charged with the
administration of the law.
3. Inhabitants A person or animal that lives in or
occupies a space
4. Harassment Aggressive pressure or irritation
5. Illegal No by law
6. Tenure Occupation, holding
7. Appeal Make urgent request
8. Jurisdiction The power to pass judgement in
case
9. Litigation Process of taking legal action
10. PIL A legal action initiated in a court of
law for the enforcement of public
interest

TVIS VELAMMAL VIDYALAYA, PONNERI

CLASS:VIII SOCIAL NEW WORDS
CIV LN-5:THE POLICE AND THE COURTS
NEW WORDS:
S.NO. WORDS MEANINGS

1. Cognizable offence A criminal offence in which police is

empowered to register an FIR

2. FIR First Information Report

3. Public Prosecutor A lawyer who appears on behalf of the

government.

4. NAPO National Association of Police

Organisation

5. Defence lawyer A lawyer who defends the defendant in

a court of law
6. Witness One who can give a firsthand account
of something seen.

7. Evidence Proof

8. Jugde One who hears both the sides of the

case