CURRENT LEGAL

KNOWLEDGE FOR
DELHI JUDICIAL SERVICES
PRELIMINARY
EXAMINATIONS

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2.
Static General Knowledge – Delhi
Current Law Minister – Arjun Ram Meghwal
Current Attorney General of India – R Venkataramani
3. Current Chief Election Commissioner- Rajiv Kumar
4.1. Current
Current CJPresident
Vice of Delhi High Court
– Jagdeep – Justice Manmohan
Dhankar
5.2. 22Delhi
nd LawHC Established
Commission – 31st October
– Chairperson - Justice1966 by Awasthi
Ritu Raj the Delhi HC Act, 1966
6.3. th Finance Commission – 2021 to 2026 – Chairperson – Mr. NK Singh – Article 280
15Initially Lahore HC exercised power over Delhi and Punjab Province
4. Total Sanctioned Strength – 45 Permanent Judges and 15 Additional
Achievements of Supreme Court (2022 to 2023)
1.
Judges
Supreme Court launched – E-Sewa to assist the parties in E-Filing of the cases
2.5. Subordinate
Supreme Court ofCourts to Delhithe
India launched HC are (Supreme
e-SCR in – Reporter)
operatingCourt 9 Judicial Districts
system, an online
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passed Court of India has entered into MoU with IIT Madras to facilitate the digital
transformation of the Indian judiciary, aligning it with the vision for a more efficient and
Delhi HC was Established with 4 Judges – Justice KS Hegde was the first
technologically advanced legal ecosystem to improve access to justice.
CJ
Integrated Case Management & Information System (ICMIS) – SCI’s Indigenous Core
8. Delhi International Arbitration Centre (DIAC) – estd. in 2009 - first ever
Tech
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November annexed
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of India launching
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online RTI applications, 636 Appeals and 83 Miscellaneous RTI applications have been
received via the portal. Various High Courts have replicated the online RTI portal developed by
the Supreme Court of India.
 Recent Landmark Judgments – 2022
1. G.T Girish Vs. Y Subba Raju , 2022
2. Bhagwani Vs. State of Madhya Pradesh, 2022
3. Meera vs State , 2022
4. Gulab vs. State of U.P, 2022
5. Suresh Chand vs Ajit Singh Dahiya and others , 2022

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6. Serious Fraud Investigation Office Vs. Rahul Modi &
Ors., 2022
7. Padhiyar Prahladji Chenaji v. Maniben Jagmalbhai ,
2022
 G.T Girish Vs. Y Subba Raju , 2022
Bench - Justices KM Joseph

Guidelines:

• A Statutory Rule would be law within the meaning of

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Article 13 of the Constitution of India but it would also
be law under Section 23 of the Indian Contract Act.
• when a transaction is done, lis-pendens, the transaction
is, as such, not annulled.
 Bhagwani Vs. State of Madhya Pradesh, 2022

Bench - L. NAGESWARA RAO; J, B.R. GAVAI; J, B.V.

NAGARATHNA; J

Guidelines :-

• The purpose of Section 235 (2) CrPC is that the accused must be given an

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opportunity to make a representation against the sentence to be imposed on
him. A bifurcated hearing for convicting and sentencing is necessary to
provide an effective opportunity to the accused.
• Order and sentence should not be mandatorily passed on the same day
 Meera vs State, 2022

Bench – Justice MR Shah

Guidelines :-

• the Supreme Court held that “when an offence has been

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committed by a woman by meting out cruelty to another
woman, i.e., the daughter-in-law, it becomes a more serious
offence.”
• It further added that woman meting out cruelty to another
woman deserves no leniency. Mother-in-law must protect
daughter-in-law, not harass her under 498A IPC
 Gulab vs. State of U.P, 2022
Bench- Justices DY Chandrachud

Guidelines :-

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• A Non-recovery of the weapon of offences or the
failure to produce a report by a ballistic expert would
not discredit the case of the prosecution which has
relied on the eyewitness
 Suresh Chand vs Ajit Singh Dahiya and
others , 2022
Bench- Justices Vikas Bahl

Guidelines :-

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• the Court of first instance while awarding multiple
sentences of imprisonment in a trial, must specify, in
clear terms, as to whether the said sentences would
run concurrently or consecutively and in case, they
were to run consecutively, the order (sequence) in
which the same would run.
 Serious Fraud Investigation Office Vs. Rahul
Modi & Ors., 2022
Bench- Justices L. NAGESWARA RAO and B. R. GAVAI

Guidelines :-

• An accused is not entitled for statutory bail under Section

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167(2), CrPC on the ground that cognizance has not been
taken before the expiry of 60 days or 90 days, if the charge
sheet has already filed within the statutory period.
• The indefeasible right of an accused to seek statutory bail
under Section 167(2), CrPC arises only if the charge-sheet has
not been filed before the expiry of the statutory period.
 Padhiyar Prahladji Chenaji v. Maniben
Jagmalbhai , 2022
Bench- Justices Nagarathna, MR Shah

Guidelines :-

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• Permanent Injunction can’t be granted against true
owner once the title dispute is settled
 Recent Landmark Judgments - 2023

1. Smriti Debbarma (D) vs Prabha Ranjan

Debbarma,2023
2. Bimla Tiwari Vs. State of Bihar & Ors, 2023
3. Deepak Gaba and Ors. Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh and
Anr, 2023

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4. Shyamjee Prepaid Services v. Top Steels, 2023
5. Pancham Lal Pandey vs Neeraj Kumar Mishra, 2023
6. Gas Point Petroleum India Limited vs Rajendra
Marothi, 2023
7. Ajay Dabra vs Pyare Ram, 2023
 Static Debbarma
Smriti General Knowledge – Delhi
(D) vs Prabha Ranjan
Debbarma,2023
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Delhi International Arbitration Centre (DIAC) – estd. in 2009 - first ever
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9. Delhi High Court Mediation and Conciliation Centre – Samadhan – estd.
in 2006 – joint initiative of Bar and Bench
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Tiwari Vs.Knowledge
State of Bihar – Delhi
& Ors,
1. Current CJ of Delhi High Court –2023
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
Bench - Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and Hrishikesh Roy
4. Total Sanctioned Strength – 45 Permanent Judges and 15 Additional
Judges
Subordinate Courts to Delhi HC are operating in – 9 Judicial Districts
5. Guidelines:
6. Delhi HC exercised jurisdiction over Himachal Pradesh with its bench at

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Deepak Gaba and Ors. Vs. State of
1. Current CJ of Delhi High Court – Justice Manmohan
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st Anr,
by the 2023
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J K Maheshwari
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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 Static General Knowledge – Delhi
1. Current CJ of Delhi High Court – Justice Manmohan
2. Ajay Dabra vs Pyare Ram, 2023
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3. Initially Lahore HC exercised power over Delhi and Punjab Province
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