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Karnataka State Syllabus Class 9 Social Science Political Science Chapter 4 Judicial System

Class 9 Social Science Judicial System Textbook Questions and Answers

I. Fill in the blanks :

Question :
1. The Supreme Court of India came into existence in the year
2. The retirement age of High Court Judge is
3. The judges of Supreme Court and High courts are appointed by
4. The head of the Revenue Tax Board is
5. The Lokadalats came into existence in the year
Answer :
1. 3956
2. 62years
3. The President
4. The Revenue Secretary
5. 1985

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II. Answer the following :

Question 1.
Explain the functions of the Supreme Court.
Answer :
Functions and Powers:

  1. Original Powers: Resolving the disputes between the Union and the States, and between the States.
  2. Appellate Powers: Citizens may file cases in the Supreme Court against the judgments given in the lower Courts.
  3. Advisory Powers: The Supreme Court may advise the President when he seeks its opinion on important public issues. In addition to the above -mentioned functions, the Supreme Court serves as a Court of records. Chief Advisor to the Centre and States and has the power to issue special writs.

Question 2.
Write a note on the functions of High Courts.
Answer :
Functions of the High Courts :

  1. The original power to resolve civil and criminal cases; Naval, Martial, and Contempt of Court cases.
  2. To admit appeals against the judgments passed by the subordinate courts in Civil and Criminal cases.
  3.  To direct transfer of cases from the lower courts to the High Court, to supervise the working of the subordinate courts; to admit writ petitions to safeguard the Fundamental Rights and other legal rights of citizens; to appoint the staff and regulating them.

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Question 3.
Name the subordinate courts under the Civil Courts.
Answer :

  1. Court of Subordinate Judges
  2. Court of Additional Subordinate Judges
  3. Court of Munsiffs
  4. Court of Additional Munsiffs

Question 4.
Write a note on Criminal Courts.
Answer :
They came to existence in the year 1974. They are also called District Magistrate Courts. They function under the high courts. The highest criminal court at the district level is the Session Court. The court deals with cases like murder, robbery, dacoity etc. It has the power to issue death sentences and also life imprisonment.

There are courts functioning under the criminal courts. They are Chief Magistrate Court, First Grade Magistrate Court, Second Grade Magistrate Court, and Third Grade Magistrate Court.

Question 5.
Write a note on Revenue Courts.
Answer :
Every district has revenue courts. They take up cases related to land tax, land records etc. Revenue courts comprise t the following courts: Tahasildar Court, District Sub-divisional Officer’s Court, District Revenue Court r District Magistrate Court and Commissioner’s court.

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Question 6.
What were the reasons behind the establishment of Lok Adalats courts?
Answer :
In India, the legal procedure is time-consuming and expensive. These courts were formed to save time and expenditure. They came into existence in 1985.