An advocate may be specified by the State Government for the purpose of conducting of cases in Human Rights Courts as Special Public Prosecutor who has been in practice for not less than
- (a)Five years
- (b)Six years
- (c)Ten years
- (d)Seven years
Correct — D, seven years. Section 31 of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 lets a State Government, for the purpose of conducting cases in a Human Rights Court, specify a Special Public Prosecutor — but only an advocate who has been in practice as an advocate for not less than seven years. So the qualifying period is seven years.
- (a)Five years — Five years is a common eligibility bar elsewhere, but the Act fixes seven years for a Special Public Prosecutor of a Human Rights Court.
- (b)Six years — Six years is not the figure specified anywhere in Section 31 of the Act.
- (c)Ten years — Ten years over-states the requirement; the Act asks for seven years of practice, not ten.
To try human-rights offences speedily, Section 30 of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 allows a State Government (with the concurrence of the Chief Justice of the High Court) to specify a Court of Session in each district as a Human Rights Court. Section 31 then provides for a Special Public Prosecutor for such a court, who must be an advocate with at least seven years' standing.
This is a bare-fact recall question — the only defence is knowing the number. Seven years echoes practice thresholds used elsewhere in law, which is what makes the round numbers 'five' and 'ten' tempting traps.
- Special Public Prosecutor for a Human Rights Court: an advocate in practice for not less than 7 years (Section 31, PHRA 1993)
- Human Rights Courts are designated Courts of Session (Section 30)
- Designation is by the State Government with the concurrence of the High Court's Chief Justice
- Purpose: speedy trial of offences arising out of human-rights violations
The qualifying period is seven years' practice — not five or ten.
- Guessing the round numbers 'five' or 'ten' — the Act specifies seven years
- Confusing a Human Rights Court's Special Public Prosecutor with an ordinary Public Prosecutor
A one-line 'not less than __ years' recall. Lock it: Special Public Prosecutor of a Human Rights Court = 7 years.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Under the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993, a Human Rights Court is:
- (a)a newly created tribunal
- (b)a designated Court of Session
- (c)the High Court itself
- (d)a Judicial Magistrate's court
Answer(b) a designated Court of Session (Section 30).
- practice — not a real PYQ
A Human Rights Court is specified by the State Government with the concurrence of:
- (a)the President
- (b)the Chief Justice of the High Court
- (c)the NHRC
- (d)the Governor
Answer(b) the Chief Justice of the High Court.