GK
RTI ACT 2005
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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it is issued when an office holder is found to misuse his duties
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it is issued when the court finds that the office holder is illegally holding that position
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it is issued by higher courts when they find that lower courts have made judgments beyond their powers of jurisdiction
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it is issued when a court wants to order a lower court or similar authority to transfer some matter pending before it to other courts or other authorities
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Detailed explanation-1: -’Quo Warranto’ means ‘by what warrant’. Through this writ, the Court calls upon a person holding a public office to show under what authority he holds that office. If it is found that the person is not entitled to hold that office, he may be ousted from it.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the literal sense, quo-warranto means ‘by what authority or warrant’. It is issued by the court to enquire into the legality of the claim of a person to a public office. Hence, it prevents illegal usurpation of public office by a person.
Detailed explanation-3: -A writ of quo warranto is of a technical nature. It is a question to an alleged usurper of an office to show the legal authority for his appointment and holding on to it. If he shows his legal authority, he cannot be ousted from the office.
Detailed explanation-4: -The words quo warranto means “what is your authority”.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Literal meaning of ‘Habeas Corpus’ is “we may have the body’. It is an order issued by the court to a person who has illegally detained the other person directing him to produce such person in the court for examination of detention.