One-Liner Flashcards for Last-Minute Revision for the Uttarakhand Judicial Services Exam.

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 These are crisp, high-retention flashcards covering important provisions, sections, maxims, and case laws across core subjects.

๐Ÿ“˜ Flashcards: Constitution of India

  • Article 14: Equality before law and equal protection of laws.

  • Article 21: No person shall be deprived of life or personal liberty except according to procedure established by law.

  • Article 32: Right to constitutional remedies.

  • Article 51A: Fundamental Duties (added by 42nd Amendment).

  • Schedule VII: Union, State, and Concurrent Lists.

  • Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala: Basic Structure Doctrine.

  • Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India: Expanded scope of Article 21.

  • Preamble: India is Sovereign, Socialist, Secular, Democratic Republic.

⚖️ Flashcards: Indian Penal Code (IPC)

  • Section 299: Culpable homicide.

  • Section 300: Murder (culpable homicide + intention).

  • Section 304B: Dowry death.

  • Section 375–376: Rape and punishment.

  • Section 84: Act of a person of unsound mind.

  • Section 34: Common intention.

  • Section 120A: Criminal conspiracy.

  • Section 141: Unlawful assembly.

  • Section 511: Attempt to commit offence punishable with life or death.

๐Ÿ“• Flashcards: Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC)

  • Section 154: First Information Report (FIR).

  • Section 167: Remand—maximum 90 days (serious offences).

  • Section 197: Sanction to prosecute public servants.

  • Section 313: Accused’s examination by court.

  • Section 482: Inherent powers of High Court.

  • Section 125: Maintenance to wife, children, parents.

  • Section 320: Compounding of offences.

๐Ÿ“˜ Flashcards: Indian Evidence Act

  • Section 3: Definition of Evidence.

  • Section 6: Res gestae (same transaction).

  • Section 32(1): Dying declaration.

  • Section 114A: Presumption of no consent in rape.

  • Section 115: Estoppel.

  • Section 145: Cross-examination on previous statement.

  • Section 154: Hostile witness.

  • Section 165: Power of judge to ask questions.

๐Ÿ“— Flashcards: Civil Procedure Code (CPC)

  • Section 9: Civil court jurisdiction.

  • Section 10: Res sub-judice.

  • Section 11: Res judicata.

  • Section 96: First appeal.

  • Order 1 Rule 8: Representative suits.

  • Order 5 Rule 20: Substituted service.

  • Order 9 Rule 13: Setting aside ex-parte decree.

  • Order 39: Temporary injunction.

๐Ÿ“™ Flashcards: Transfer of Property Act (TPA)

  • Section 6: What may be transferred.

  • Section 41: Ostensible owner.

  • Section 52: Doctrine of Lis Pendens.

  • Section 53A: Doctrine of part performance.

  • Section 58: Mortgage types.

  • Section 60: Right to redeem.

  • Section 106: Lease notice period.

๐Ÿ’’ Flashcards: Hindu Law

  • Section 5 HMA: Conditions for Hindu marriage.

  • Section 9 HMA: Restitution of conjugal rights.

  • Section 13 HMA: Divorce.

  • Section 13B HMA: Mutual consent divorce.

  • Section 16 HMA: Legitimacy of children from void/voidable marriages.

  • Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act 2005: Daughters as coparceners.

  • Vineeta Sharma v. Rakesh Sharma: Daughters' coparcenary rights retrospective.

๐Ÿ•Œ Flashcards: Muslim Law

  • Talaq-ul-Biddat: Instant triple talaq—declared unconstitutional.

  • Shayara Bano Case: Declared triple talaq unconstitutional.

  • Iddat: Mandatory waiting period after divorce/death.

  • Hiba: Oral gift valid without written form.

  • Mehr (Dower): Mandatory under Muslim marriage.

๐Ÿ” Legal Maxims (High-Yield)

  • Ignorantia juris non excusat: Ignorance of law is no excuse.

  • Actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea: Act does not make a person guilty unless there is guilty mind.

  • Audi alteram partem: Hear the other side.

  • Res ipsa loquitur: The thing speaks for itself.

  • Ubi jus ibi remedium: Where there is a right, there is a remedy.

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