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

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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.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) 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 is not the figure specified anywhere in Section 31 of the Act.  (c) Ten years over-states the requirement; the Act asks for seven years of practice, not ten.

Concept: 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.

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