CURRENT LEGAL

KNOWLEDGE FOR
DELHI JUDICIAL SERVICES
PRELIMINARY
EXAMINATIONS

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1.Static Legal General Knowledge – India

2.Static Legal General Knowledge – Delhi
3.Recent Judgments – Supreme Court and
Delhi High Court
4.Statutes and Legislations in News
5.Amendments and Appointments
6.National and International Legal Current
Affairs
 Static Legal General Knowledge – India

1.Famous Dissenting Judges:-

-Justice AK Sarkar - 49 Dissenting Judgments

-Justice Subba Rao - 48 Dissenting Judgments

2. Famous Dissenting Opinions:-

- Justice Khanna - ADM Jabalpur Case

- Justice Fazl Ali - A.K. Gopalan v. State of Madras, Romesh Thaper v. State of
Madras and Brij Bhusan v. State of Delhi
- Justice Subba Rao - New Maneck Spinning v. The Textile Labour
- Justice PN Bhagwati - Bachan Singh v. State of Punjab
- Justice A.M. Ahmadi & Justice M. M. Punchhi - Supreme Court Advocates
on Record Association v. Union of India, AIR 1994
- Justice Dalveer Bhandari - Ashok Kumar Thakur v. Union of India
- Justice Indu Malhotra - Sabarimala Verdict
- Justice Khehar - Triple Talaq Verdict
 Static Legal General Knowledge – India
3. Total Articles in Constitution of India - 395
4. Total Types of Fundamental Rights - 6
5. Total Fundamental Duties U/A 51A - 11
6. First Attorney General of India - MC Setalvad
7. First Solicitor General of India - CK Dhaptary
8. First President of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal
Commission (NCDRC) - Justice V.Balakrishna Eradi
9. First Election Commissioner of India - Mr. Sukumar Sen
10. Largest bench of the Supreme Court ever constituted - 13 Judges (KB
Case)
11. Constitution Bench - 5 or more Justices
12. Division Bench - 2 or 3 Judges
13. Justice Chandrachud - Justice Khanna - Justice Gavai - Justice Surya Kant -
Justice Vikram Nath - Justice BV Nagarathna (57) (36 days)
14. Supreme Court is open to the general public on - Saturday
15. First chairman of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) -
Justice Ranganath Mishra
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16. First Chairman of NGT - Justice Lokeshwar Singh Panta
17. First Chairperson of National Commission for Women - Mrs. Jayanti
Patnaik
18. Lok Adalats given statutory status by – Legal Services Authorities
Act, 1987
19. First Lok Adalat Camp – Gujarat - 1982
20. India's first International Arbitration and Mediation Centre –
Hyderabad
 Static General Knowledge – Delhi
1. Current CJ of Delhi High Court – Justice Manmohan
2. Delhi HC Established – 31st October 1966 by the Delhi HC Act, 1966
3. Initially Lahore HC exercised power over Delhi and Punjab Province
4. Total Sanctioned Strength – 45 Permanent Judges and 15 Additional
Judges
5. Subordinate Courts to Delhi HC are operating in – 9 Judicial Districts
6. Delhi HC exercised jurisdiction over Himachal Pradesh with its bench at

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Shimla in a building called Ravenswood until State of HP Act, 1970 was
passed
Delhi HC was Established with 4 Judges – Justice KS Hegde was the first
CJ
8. Delhi International Arbitration Centre (DIAC) – estd. in 2009 - first ever
High Court annexed Institutional Arbitration Centre
9. Delhi High Court Mediation and Conciliation Centre – Samadhan – estd.
in 2006 – joint initiative of Bar and Bench
 StaticRecent Landmark
General Judgments–– Delhi
Knowledge 2022

1. Budhadev Karmaskar v. State of West Bengal, 2022

1. Current CJ of Delhi High Court – Justice Manmohan
2. 2. Janhit
Delhi Abhiyan v.– 31
HC Established Union of India,
st October 2022
1966 by the Delhi HC Act, 1966
3. 3. S.G. Lahore
Initially Vombatkere v. Union
HC exercised of India,
power 2022
over Delhi and Punjab Province
4. 4. State
Total of Jharkhand
Sanctioned Strength v. Shailendra
– 45 Permanent Kumar
Judges andRai,
15 2022
Additional
5. X v. Principal Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, Govt of
Judges
NCT Delhi,
5. Subordinate 2022
Courts to Delhi HC are operating in – 9 Judicial Districts
6. Delhi HC exercised jurisdiction over Himachal Pradesh with its bench at

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Shimla in a building
passed
7. 1.
Delhi
CJ
2.
HC was
Vivek
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Established
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withv.4 Judges
Kaushal Kishor v. State of UP, 2023
until State of-HP
Judgments

Union –OfJustice
India,
2023
KS2023
Act, 1970 was

Hegde was the first

8. Delhi International Arbitration Centre (DIAC) – estd. in 2009 - first ever

3. Rohan Dhungat vs State of Goa and Ors, 2023
High Court annexed Institutional Arbitration Centre
9. 4. Anoop
Delhi Baranwal
High Court vs Union
Mediation of India, 2023
and Conciliation Centre – Samadhan – estd.
5. USS –Alliance
in 2006 vs State
joint initiative of Uttar
of Bar Pradesh, 2023
and Bench
 Budhadev Karmaskar v. State of West Bengal, 2022
Bench - Justices L. Nageswara Rao, B.R. Gavai, and A.S. Bopanna

Guidelines :-

1. Recognising sex work as a profession.

2. Court also directed UIDAI to issue Adhar Cards to the Sex Workers based on a proforma

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certificate
• If there is any raid on any brothel, the sex workers concerned should not be arrested, penalized,
harassed, or victimized.
•Police should treat all sex workers with dignity and not abuse them verbally and physically,
subject them to violence, or coerce them into any sexual activity.
•The Press Council of India should issue appropriate guidelines so that the identities of sex
workers during arrest, raid, and rescue operations shall not be published or telecasted.
•Measures that sex workers employ for their health and safety (e.g., use of condoms, etc.)must
neither be construed as offenses nor seen as evidence of the commission of an offense.
•Both Governments shall carry out workshops to educate sex workers about their rights.
 Janhit Abhiyan v. Union of India, 2022

Bench - Chief Justice UU Lalit and Justices Dinesh Maheshwari, S

Ravindra Bhat, Bela M Trivedi and JB Pardiwala.
Guidelines :-

Guideline:-

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With a 3:2 ratio, the Supreme Court held that the 103rd Amendment and EWS
Reservations are constitutionally valid. Justices Maheshwari, Trivedi and
Pardiwala wrote separate concurring opinions for the majority. Justice Bhat wrote
a dissent on behalf of himself and Chief Justice U.U. Lalit.
 S.G. Vombatkere v. Union of India, 2022

Bench - Chief Justice NV Ramana and Justices Surya Kant and Hima
Kohli

Guidelines :-

• State and Central Governments should refrain from registering any FIR under section

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124A of the IPC.
•Investing agency should not continue any investigation or take any coercive measures
by invoking Section 124A of IPC while the aforesaid provision of law is under
consideration.
•If any fresh case is registered under Section 124A of IPC, the affected parties are at
liberty to approach the concerned Courts for appropriate relief.
•All pending trials, appeals, and proceedings with respect to the charge framed under
Section 124A of IPC be kept in abeyance.
 State of Jharkhand v. Shailendra Kumar Rai, 2022
Bench- Chief Justice NV Ramana and Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli

Guidelines :-

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• Prohibiting the "Two-Finger Test" in rape cases
• “The two finger test has no scientific basis. It instead re-victimizes and re-
traumatizes women.”
X v. Principal Secretary, Health and Family Welfare,
Govt of NCT Delhi, 2022
Bench- Justices DY Chandrachud, Surya Kant, and AS Bopanna

Guidelines :-

• The Court held that “all women are entitled to safe and legal Abortion, and

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there is no rationale in excluding unmarried women from the ambit of Rule
3B of MTP Rules, which mentions the categories of women who can seek
abortion of pregnancy in the term 20-24 weeks.”

• The Court also ruled that rape includes ‘marital rape’ for the purpose of
MTP Rules.
 Static General Knowledge – Delhi
Vivek Narayan Sharma v. Union Of India, 2023
1. Current CJ of Delhi High Court – Justice Manmohan
2. Delhi
Bench HC- Established – 31st October
Justices S Abdul Nazeer,1966 by the Delhi
BR Gavai, HC Act, 1966
AS Bopanna, V
3. Initially Lahore HC exercised
Ramasubramanian and BVpower over Delhi and Punjab Province
Nagarathna
4. Total Sanctioned Strength – 45 Permanent Judges and 15 Additional
Judges
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5. Subordinate Courts to Delhi HC are operating in – 9 Judicial Districts
6. Delhi HC exercised jurisdiction over Himachal Pradesh with its bench at
Benchinupheld by 4:1 majority the decision taken by Act,
the Union

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1970 was

with 4 Judges – Justice KS Hegde was the first

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International ArbitrationinCentre (DIAC) – estd.
her dissenting viewin held
2009 that
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High Court annexedwas
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9. Delhi High Court Mediation and Conciliation Centre – Samadhan – estd.
has to be declared unlawful on legal grounds (and not on the
in 2006 – joint initiative of Bar and Bench
basis of objects).
 Static General Knowledge – Delhi
Kaushal Kishor v. State of UP, 2023
1. Current CJ of Delhi High Court – Justice Manmohan
2. Bench
Delhi HC- Justice
Established – 31stNazeer,
S. Abdul OctoberJustice
1966 byB.R. Gavai,HC
the Delhi Justice A.S.
Act, 1966
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Initially Lahore
JusticeHC V.exercised power over and
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and Punjab
B.V. Province
Nagarathna
4. Total Sanctioned Strength – 45 Permanent Judges and 15 Additional
Judges
Guidelines:
5. Subordinate Courts to Delhi HC are operating in – 9 Judicial Districts
6. Delhi HC exercised jurisdiction over Himachal Pradesh with its bench at
• Shimla
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imposed on the exercise of right to free speech under Article
passed
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2006 even initiativethe
of Bar and Bench
principle of collective responsibility.
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CJ of vs State
Delhi High Court of Manmohan
– Justice Goa and Ors, 2023
2. Delhi HC Established – 31st October 1966 by the Delhi HC Act, 1966
3. Bench
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4. Total Sanctioned Strength – 45 Permanent Judges and 15 Additional
Judges
5. Guidelines:
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6. Delhi HC exercised jurisdiction over Himachal Pradesh with its bench at
• Shimla
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in 2006 – joint initiative of Bar and Bench
 Static General Knowledge – Delhi
Anoop Baranwal vs Union of India, 2023
1. Current CJ of Delhi High Court – Justice Manmohan
2. Delhi HC Established – 31st October 1966 by the Delhi HC Act, 1966
Bench - CJI D Y Chandrachud and Justice P S Narasimha
3. Initially Lahore HC exercised power over Delhi and Punjab Province
4. Total Sanctioned Strength – 45 Permanent Judges and 15 Additional
Guidelines:
Judges
5. Subordinate Courts to Delhi HC are operating in – 9 Judicial Districts
6. Delhi HC exercised jurisdiction over Himachal Pradesh with its bench at
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8. Delhi International Arbitration Centre (DIAC) – estd. in 2009 - first ever

Uttarakhand and Gujarat to constitute committees to
High Court annexed Institutional Arbitration Centre
introduce
9. Delhi andMediation
High Court implement Uniform Civil
and Conciliation CentreCode (UCC)
– Samadhan – estd.
in 2006 – joint initiative of Bar and Bench
 Static General Knowledge – Delhi
USS Alliance vs State of Uttar Pradesh,
1. Current CJ of Delhi High Court – Justice Manmohan
2.
2023
Delhi HC Established – 31st October 1966 by the Delhi HC Act, 1966
3. Initially Lahore HC exercised power over Delhi and Punjab Province
4. Total
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MM 15 Additional
Sundresh
Judges
5. Subordinate Courts to Delhi HC are operating in – 9 Judicial Districts
6. Guidelines:
Delhi HC exercised jurisdiction over Himachal Pradesh with its bench at

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passed
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High Court annexed Institutional Arbitration Centre
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 Current Legal Knowledge

1. Chief Justice of India – Justice DY Chandrachud – 50th

CJI – ASG for UOI in 1998 – Bombay HC – Allahabad HC
– Supreme Court

2. Chairperson of NGT - Justice Prakash Shrivastava

3. President of National Consumer Dispute Redressal
Commission (NCDRC) – Justice Amreshwar Pratap Sahi
4. Chairman of BCI – Mr. Manan Kumar Mishra
5. Patron in Chief of NALSA – CJI
6. Executive Chairman of NALSA – Justice Sanjay Kishan
Kaul
7. Chairman of Bar Council of Delhi – Mr. KK Manan
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