2012 TEST PAPER

1. Answer the following (in about 150 words each): 15 ⨯ 2 = 30

(a) The Union Cabinet recently cleared the proposal to rename and amend the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986. What are the salient features of the proposed amendments?

(b) What are the salient features of the Consumer Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2011 introduced in the Lok Sabha in December 2011?

2. Answer the following (in about 50 words each): 5 ⨯ 3 = 15

(a) What is the "Parivarik Mahila Lok Adalat’?

(b) What are the Rights within the ambit of Article 21 of the Indian Constitution?

(c) Comment on the significance of the Preamble contained in the Right to Information Act.

3. Comment on the following (in about 20 words): 2

(a) Determining the "value” assigned to the vote of a Member of a State Legislative Assembly and of a Member of Parliament in the Indian Presidential elections.