Daily Challenge, 9 November 2026
The ten questions set on 9 November 2026, from real judiciary papers. Pick an answer to see whether you were right and why, or open "Show the answer".
1. Interpretation of Statutes
Parliamentary debates (Hansard) are used by Indian courts as which type of interpretive aid?
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Answer: D. An external aid usable to find legislative intent where text is ambiguousParliamentary debates are external aids. Indian courts now refer to them to ascertain legislative intent where the text is ambiguous (R.S. Nayak v. A.R. Antulay, 1984), but they cannot override clear statutory words.
From: Interpretation of Statutes Practice Set 2 — Aids & Doctrines
2. Current Affairs
Match the observances of the second half of October 2026 (List I) with their themes (List II): List I A. World Cities Day (31 October) B. World Day for Audiovisual Heritage (27 October) C. International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (17 October) D. Vigilance Awareness Week (26 October to 1 November) List II 1. Probity for Prosperity 2. United for Peace and Human Rights 3. Your Window to the World 4. Regenerating the City: Adequate Housing for All
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Answer: D. A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1UN-Habitat gives the World Cities Day 2026 theme as 'Regenerating the City: Adequate Housing for All'; UNESCO's 2026 theme for the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage is 'Your Window to the World'; UN DESA lists 'United for Peace and Human Rights' as the 2026 to 2028 theme of the poverty day; and the Central Vigilance Commission observed Vigilance Awareness Week 2026 on the theme 'Probity for Prosperity'.
From: Current Affairs: October 2026 (Part 2)
3. Current Affairs
Which team won the women's title at the FIH Hockey World Cup 2026, defeating the Netherlands in a shootout in the final in Amsterdam on 29 August 2026?
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Answer: B. ArgentinaFIH reported that Argentina drew 1-1 with the three-time defending champions, the Netherlands, and won the shootout 3-1 to take the world title for the first time in 16 years. Belgium beat Australia 1-0 for the bronze, their first World Cup medal since 1978.
From: Current Affairs: August 2026
4. Civil Procedure Code
Order 20 of the CPC deals with which subject?
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Answer: A. Judgment and decreeOrder 20 CPC deals with judgment and decree; issues are framed under Order 14.
From: CPC Practice Set 2 — Suits, Judgments & Appeals
5. Landmark Judgments
Which of the following is one of the guidelines laid down in Jitender @ Kalla v. State (NCT of Delhi) (2025) for rules on designation of Senior Advocates?
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Answer: C. The ten-year minimum practice needs no reconsideration, and at least one designation exercise should be held every calendar yearThe guidelines retain the 10-year minimum fixed in Indira Jaising-1 and require at least one designation exercise every calendar year (para 87(ii)(c), (f)). The Court held that there is no scope under Section 16(2) for individual Judges to recommend candidates, and left the question of a secret ballot to the High Courts on the facts of each case (para 87(ii)(b), (e)).
From: Landmark Judgments Practice Set 3
6. Professional Ethics & BCI Rules
Y regularly waits at the railway station and bus stand of a district town, approaches people arriving for court cases and offers to get them an advocate, in return for a commission paid to him by that advocate. Under Section 45A of the Advocates Act, 1961, Y:
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Answer: D. Is a tout as defined in that sectionUnder Section 45A(7)(d) a tout includes a person who procures the employment of a legal practitioner in consideration of remuneration moving from that practitioner, and one who for that purpose frequents court precincts, railway stations, landing stages, lodging places or other places of public resort. Payment by the advocate, not the litigant, is enough.
From: Professional Ethics & BCI Rules Practice Set 1
7. Hindu Law
In Sureshta Devi v. Om Prakash (1991), on divorce by mutual consent under Section 13B of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, the Supreme Court held that:
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Answer: B. either party may withdraw consent at any time before the decreeSureshta Devi v. Om Prakash (1991) held that mutual consent must continue until the decree is passed, so a party may unilaterally withdraw consent before the decree and the court then cannot pass a decree of divorce under Section 13B.
From: Hindu Law Practice Set 1
8. Delhi Local Laws
Under Section 13 of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958, a tenant seeking refund of a sum paid to the landlord in contravention of the Act must apply to the Controller within:
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Answer: C. one year from the date of paymentSection 13 empowers the Controller, on an application made within one year from the date of payment, to order refund of the unlawful sum or its adjustment against the rent payable.
From: Delhi Local Laws Practice Set 1
9. Gujarat Local Laws
Under Section 2(c) of the Gujarat Court-fees Act, 2004, the expression "plaint" includes:
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Answer: B. a written statement pleading a set-off or counter-claimSection 2(c) provides that "plaint" includes a written statement pleading a set-off or counter-claim, so such a written statement attracts fee as a plaint. Written statements called for after the first hearing are in fact exempt from fee under Section 20(iii).
From: Gujarat Local Laws Practice Set 1
10. Legal Maxims & Jurisprudence
"Nullum crimen sine lege, nulla poena sine lege" means:
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Answer: A. No crime or punishment without a pre-existing lawThe maxim means there is no crime and no punishment without a pre-existing law. Article 20(1) of the Constitution embodies it: no conviction except for violating a law in force when the act was done, and no penalty greater than that law allowed.
From: Legal Maxims & Jurisprudence Practice Set 2