QUIZ – 2020: INSIGHTS STATIC , 9 March 2021 – Polity

Solution: b)

Under the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961, certain subjects pertaining to the UTs have been allocated to the Ministry of Home Affairs.

The Union Territory Division of the MoHA deals with all legislative and constitutional matters relating to Union Territories, including National Capital Territory of Delhi.

Ministry of Defence deals with cantonments boards only in the context of urban local government.

Ministry of Urban Development deals with the same subject in States of India.

Solution: b)

Article 2 of the Constitution says that Parliament may by law admit into the Union, or establish, new States on such terms and conditions, as it thinks fit.

The power conferred on Parliament by clause (a) includes the power to form a new State or Union territory by uniting a part of any State or Union territory to any other State or Union territory.

Solution: c)

• The Governor may, by public notification, direct that any particular Act of Parliament or of the Legislature of the State shall or shall not apply to a SA or any part thereof in the State, subject to such exceptions and modifications, as specified. The Governor may make regulations for the peace and good government of any area in the State which is for the time being a SA. Such regulations may
  • prohibit or restrict the transfer of land by or among members of the Scheduled tribes in such area;
  • regulate the allotment of land to members of the STs in such area;
  • regulate the carrying on of business as money-lender by persons who lend money to members of the STs in such area.

Solution: d)

The Tribes Advisory Councils have been constituted in the Scheduled Areas States i.e. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha and Rajasthan and non-Scheduled Areas States of Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. With regard to the Tribes Advisory Council, the Para 4 (1) of the Fifth Schedule to the Constitution envisages that “There shall be established in each State having Scheduled Areas therein and, if the President so directs, also in any State having Scheduled Tribes but not Scheduled Areas therein. In terms of clause (2) of Para 4 of the Fifth Schedule, it shall be the duty of the Tribes Advisory Council to advise on such matters pertaining to the welfare and advancement of the Scheduled Tribes in the State as may be referred to them by the Governor.

Solution: a)

• Territorial Jurisdiction of Bombay High Court: Maharashtra, Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
• Territorial Jurisdiction of Calcutta High Court: West Bengal and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
• Territorial Jurisdiction of Kerala High Court: Kerala and Lakshadweep.