Court | MCQs

Explanation

He was exonerated from the charges.

Exonerate means acquit.

Exonerate means الزام سے بری کر دینا

Explanation

Break in means اچانک گھسنا

Break off means to take a break.

Break off means وقفہ لینا

The judge broke off court proceedings until after lunch.

Explanation

Civil شہری 

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Justice Shahid Karim of the Lahore High Court annulled Section 124-A, of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC), dealing with Sedition .

Judgment date: 30 March 2023

Section 124-A is known as the ‘sedition law’.

Sedition means بغاوت

لاہور ہائیکورٹ نے بغاوت کی دفعہ 124 اے تعزیرات پاکستان کو کالعدم قرار دے دیا۔

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Pending cases as of 12 July 2022: 2.144 million cases

The Supreme Court, Federal Shariat Court and five high courts disposed of 229,822 cases and 241,250 new cases were instituted during 2021.

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On 18 September 2023, for the first time in the country's judicial history, newly-appointed CJP Qaez Faez Isa-led full court allowed court proceeding to be broadcast live

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In June 2023, Judicial Commission of Pakistan approved the elevation of Justice Musarrat Hilali to the Supreme Court.

Justice Hilali to become only the second female judge to rise to the apex court after Justice Ayesha  Malik

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The first High Court was established in 1866 in the sub-continent.

There are five High Courts in Pakistan. 

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In March 2019, a sessions court had sentenced Tereza Hluskova to eight years and eight months in jail.

In April the same year, she had challenged her conviction in the case.

She has insisted someone had placed the drugs in her suitcase.

Explanation

The phrase "acquitted him of the charge" means that the magistrate declared him not guilty of the charge, or that he was cleared of the accusation.

The correct sentence would be:

"The magistrate acquitted him of the charge."