CIVICS-Ch 4 Understanding Laws

 

 

                                                        CIVICS: Ch-4: Understanding Laws

 

 

Q1. Write in your own words what you understand by the term the 'rule of law'. In your response include a fictitious or real example of a violation of the rule of law.
Answer : Rule of law indicates that everyone, irrespective of any discrimination , is equal before the law . India is a democratic country and all citizens from even an ordinary man  to the prime minister are to be judged equally before the law in case they disrupt any law.   The most common example of a violation of the rule of law can be seen on the roads. Motorists and pedestrians rarely do not follow the traffic rules.
Q2. State two reasons why historians refute the claim that the British introduced the rule of law in India.
Answer -The two reasons why historians refute the claim that the British introduced the Rule of Law in India are
1) Colonial law was arbitrary, e.g. Sedition Act of 1870
2) Indian nationalists played a prominent role in the development of the legal sphere in British India

Q3. Re-read the storyboard on how a new law on domestic violence got passed. Describe in your own words the different ways in which women's groups worked to make this happen.
 Answer: Women's groups worked hard and untiringly towards the passing of the new law on domestic violence in India. They used different forums like public protests, hearings, meetings with other organizations, press conferences and petitions to the government to introduce a new reformed bill on domestic violence to include demands like monetary relief and protection against being evicted from the shared household.
 

Q4. Write in your own words what you understand by the following sentence on page 44-45: They also began fighting for greater equality and wanted to change the idea of law from a set of rules that they were forced to obey, to law as including ideas of justice
Answer: This line refers to the protests of Indian nationalists against the violation of the rule of law by British . Indians were discriminated against in their own country by the British  and the Sedition Act of 1870 was the most prolific example of the breaking of the rule of law. This Act was demonstrated against by Indian freedom fighters in favor of a more just set of rules based on ideals of equality. Many Indians began to practice the legal profession and used it to demand and gain equal rights for all.

 

EXTRA QUESTIONS:-

Q1. When was the Hindu succession amendment act revised ?
Ans It was revised in 2005.

Q2. What was the sedition act?

Ans : According to the sedition act of 1870 any person protesting or criticizing the British government could be arrested without due trial.

Q3.Write a brief note on the Rowlatt Act (1919).

Ans: The Rowlatt Act, also known as the Black Act, was instituted on the Rowlatt Committee’s recommendations. It had a significant impact on the political situation of India,   Under the Rowlatt Act, the Government had the authority and power to arrest people and keep them in prisons without any trial if they are suspected with the charge of terrorism.

Q4.Write a short note on Lady Justice.

 Ans: Lady Justice or Justitia is the Roman Goddess of Justice. It is a personication of the moral force that underlies the legal system. Her blindfolded eyes symbolize equality under the law and impartiality towards all the people who are governed by it. The weighing scales represent the balancing of people’s interests under the law, and her sword denotes the law’s force of reason.