Practice Test

Consider the following statements-
1. the courts of law in India can initiate and enforce action for securing any significant public or general interest which is being adversely affected or is likely to be so by the action of any agency, public or private
2. any citizen or a group or a voluntary organization, or even a court herself, can bring to notice any case demanding action for protecting and satisfying a public interest

Consider the following statements with law making by Legislature-
1. In order to determine whether a particular enactment falls under one Entry or the other, it is the ‘pith and substance’ of such enactment and not its legislative label that is taken account of
2. If the enactment substantially falls under an Entry over which the Legislature has jurisdiction, an incidental encroachment upon another Entry over which it had no competence will not invalidate the law
3. where a Legislature has no power to legislate with respect to a matter, the Courts does not permit such Legislature to transgress its own powers or to encroach upon those of another Legislature by resorting to any device or ‘colourable legislation

Consider the following statements:
1. The quantity of imported edible oils is more than the domestic production of edible oils in the last five years.
2. The Government does not impose any customs duty on all the imported edible oils as a special case.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?