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Legal Facts Flashcards

1
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first source of law

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Manusmriti

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2
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first law giver

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Manu

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3
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earliest era in codified law

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Gupta Dynasty Reign (335-445 BC)

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4
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first federal court

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Started functioning in December 1937 in December in Delhi to decide any dispute between states and center under the then prevailing the Government of India Act, 1935. The court functioned for 13 years till the Supreme Court started functioning

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5
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first president of India

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Dr. Rajendra Prasad

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6
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first vice president of India

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Dr. Sarvpalli Radhakrishnan

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7
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first prime minister of India

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Jawaharlal Nehru

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8
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first deputy prime minister of India

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Vallabh Bhai Patel

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9
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first woman president of India

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Pratibha Devi Singh Patel

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10
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first woman prime minister of India

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Indra Gandhi

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11
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first chief justice of federal court in India

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Maurice Gwyer

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12
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first chief justice of supreme court in India

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Harilal J. Kania

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13
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first woman judge of supreme court in India

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Meera Fatima Beevi was appointed judge of supreme court in 1989. She is the second woman in the world after Sandra Day O’Conner of the US to be apointed to this high office

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14
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first woman chief justice of a high court in India

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Leila Seth

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15
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first woman judge of a high court in India

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Anna Chandi

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16
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first lady magistrate

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Omana Kunjamma

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17
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first woman advocate in India

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Cornelia Sorabji

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18
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first Indian judge of international court of justice

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Dr. Nagendra Sinha

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19
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first high court/ oldest high court

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Calcutta high court established in 1862

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20
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first attorney general of India

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MC Setalvad

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21
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first solicitor general of India

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CK Daphtary

22
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first public prosecutor in India

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S Subramania Iyer was appointed as public prosecutor in Madras in 1887

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first bar-at-law

24
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first speaker of lok sabha

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GV Mavlankar

25
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first woman speaker of lok sabha

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Meira Kumar

26
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first woman president of UN General Assembly

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Vijayalakshmi Pandit

27
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first woman central minister

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Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

28
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first woman speaker of state legislative assembly

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Shanno Devi

29
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first woman IAS officer

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Anna George Malhotra

30
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first woman IPS officer

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Kiran Bedi

31
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first British governor general

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Warren Hastings

32
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first governor general of free India

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Lord Mountbatten

33
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first viceroy of India

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Lord Canning

34
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last governor general of free India

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C Rajagopalachari

35
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first lok adalat

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Held in Kalyan, near Bombay on expermimental basis in 1978

36
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first permanent lok adalat

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Set up in Chandigarh in January 1998 with Justice SK Sardana as the judge

37
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first permanent lok adalat for tribals

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Opened in Paderu in Andhra Pradesh

38
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first lok adalat for women

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Exclusively for women issues, matrimonial and othe family problems, organized in Delhi by Delhi Commission for Women and Delhi Legal Services Authority

39
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first e-courtroom in India

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Delhi High Court in December 2009

40
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high compensation award

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$470 million (Rs. 715 crores) by Union Carbide USA to the Bhopal Gas Tragedy victims

41
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largest no. of states covered by a single high court

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Guwahati High Court having jurisdiction over Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh

42
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first litigation free village

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Varavoor Panchayat in Thrissur District, Kerela on May 7,200 declared Litigation Free Village

43
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first mobile court

44
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first chief information commissioner of India

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Wajahat Habibulla

45
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first president of national consumer dispute redressal commission

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Justice Balkrishna Eradi

46
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first chairman of national human rights commission

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Rangnath Mishra

47
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first chief election commissioner of India

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Sukumar Sen

48
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first preventive detention law

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Bengal State Prisoners Regulation III (introduced in 1784). It provided for detention and deportation of political prisoners and revolutionaries without trial

49
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first law minister of India

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BR Ambedkar

50
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first leader of opposition in lok sabha

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AK Gopalan

51
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first women’s court in India

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Malda, West Bengal

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