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Hakdaiya, Hadmyad, Myad, Tarikh, Likhat, Darta–Darpith and Myad Tameli: Basic Legal Terms Explained
This Lok Sewa practice set has 51 multiple-choice questions (Subject: Administration and Law · For: Kharidar · Level: Medium). Take the quiz above first; after that, use the study list below to revise every question with its correct answer and a short explanation.
Study list: all 51 questions with answers and explanations
How many District Courts are there in Nepal?
- A) 75
- B) 77 ✔
- C) 7
- D) 753
Why: Nepal has 77 District Courts, one in each district.
How many High Courts are there?
- A) 5
- B) 7 ✔
- C) 9
- D) 14
Why: Nepal has 7 High Courts, one in each province, with extra benches in some places.
The highest court of Nepal is the:
- A) High Court
- B) Supreme Court ✔
- C) District Court
- D) Special Court
Why: The Supreme Court is the highest court of Nepal. Its decisions are final and binding.
Article 127 is about:
- A) Courts and their tiers ✔
- B) Budget
- C) Citizenship
- D) Elections
Why: Article 127 sets out the courts and their tiers: the Supreme Court, High Courts and District Courts.
The legal right or standing to file a case is:
- A) Hakdaiya ✔
- B) Hadmyad
- C) Tarikh
- D) Darpith
Why: Hakdaiya (हकदैया) is the legal right or standing of a person to file a case.
The legal time limit within which a case must be filed is:
- A) Myad
- B) Hadmyad ✔
- C) Tarikh
- D) Tameli
Why: Hadmyad (हदम्याद) is the legal time limit within which a case must be filed.
A time limit given by a court to appear or reply is:
- A) Myad ✔
- B) Hakdaiya
- C) Likhat
- D) Darta
Why: Myad (म्याद) is the time limit a court gives a person to appear or reply.
The next date fixed for a party to appear in court is:
- A) Tarikh ✔
- B) Hadmyad
- C) Darpith
- D) Hakdaiya
Why: Tarikh (तारिख) is the next date fixed by the court for a party to appear.
Writing the reason on the back of a document when registration is refused is:
- A) Darta
- B) Darpith ✔
- C) Tameli
- D) Tok
Why: Darpith (दरपीठ) means writing on the back of a document why it cannot be registered and returning it.
Serving a summons in the legal way is:
- A) Myad tameli ✔
- B) Darta
- C) Hakdaiya
- D) Jaheri
Why: Myad tameli (म्याद तामेली) means serving the court's summons or notice in the legal way.
A written document creating or ending a right is a:
- A) Likhat ✔
- B) Tarikh
- C) Myad
- D) Tok
Why: A likhat (लिखत) is a written document that creates, transfers or ends a right.
A plaint in a civil case is called:
- A) फिरादपत्र ✔
- B) अभियोगपत्र
- C) जाहेरी
- D) प्रतिउत्तरपत्र
Why: In a civil case the plaint is called फिरादपत्र. In a criminal case the charge sheet is अभियोगपत्र.
The defendant's written reply is the:
- A) प्रतिउत्तरपत्र ✔
- B) फिरादपत्र
- C) दरपीठ
- D) बरामदी
Why: The defendant's written reply to a plaint is the प्रतिउत्तरपत्र.
Writ jurisdiction of the Supreme Court is under Article:
- A) 127
- B) 133 ✔
- C) 144
- D) 241
Why: Article 133 gives the Supreme Court its extraordinary (writ) jurisdiction.
A case filed after the legal time limit is:
- A) Accepted
- B) Barred by hadmyad ✔
- C) Sent to the Supreme Court
- D) Registered twice
Why: A case filed after the hadmyad has passed is time-barred and cannot be heard.
The person who files a case is called the:
- A) Plaintiff (वादी) ✔
- B) Defendant (प्रतिवादी)
- C) Witness (साक्षी)
- D) Judge
Why: The person who files a case is the plaintiff (वादी).
The person against whom a case is filed is the:
- A) Defendant (प्रतिवादी) ✔
- B) Plaintiff
- C) Lawyer
- D) Registrar
Why: The person against whom a case is filed is the defendant (प्रतिवादी).
A person who gives evidence about facts in court is a:
- A) Witness (साक्षी) ✔
- B) Plaintiff
- C) Defendant
- D) Judge
Why: A witness (साक्षी) gives evidence in court about facts they know.
The final decision of a court in a case is the:
- A) Judgment (फैसला) ✔
- B) Tarikh
- C) Myad
- D) Darta
Why: The court's final decision in a case is the judgment (फैसला).
Going to a higher court against a lower court's judgment is an:
- A) Appeal (पुनरावेदन) ✔
- B) Darpith
- C) Myad
- D) Tarikh
Why: An appeal (पुनरावेदन) is taken to a higher court against a lower court's judgment.
An appeal against a District Court judgment usually goes to the:
- A) High Court ✔
- B) Supreme Court directly
- C) Ward office
- D) Special Court
Why: Appeals against District Court judgments usually go to the High Court.
A written authority given to a lawyer to represent a party is a:
- A) Wakalatnama ✔
- B) Rajinama
- C) Bakaspatra
- D) Tamsuk
Why: A wakalatnama (वकालतनामा) is the written authority a party gives a lawyer to represent them.
A deed for selling land or property is a:
- A) Rajinama ✔
- B) Bakaspatra
- C) Wakalatnama
- D) Darpith
Why: A rajinama (राजीनामा) is the deed used to sell or transfer land or property.
A deed for giving property as a gift is a:
- A) Bakaspatra ✔
- B) Rajinama
- C) Tamsuk
- D) Faisala
Why: A bakaspatra (बकसपत्र) is a deed giving property as a gift.
A written document for borrowing money is a:
- A) Tamsuk (loan deed) ✔
- B) Wakalatnama
- C) Rajinama
- D) Bakaspatra
Why: A tamsuk (तमसुक) is a written loan deed for borrowing money.
Settling a dispute through a neutral third person without trial is:
- A) Mediation (मेलमिलाप) ✔
- B) Appeal
- C) Arrest
- D) Darpith
Why: Mediation (मेलमिलाप) settles a dispute through a neutral third person without a full trial.
The Chief Justice of Nepal is appointed by the President on the recommendation of the:
- A) Constitutional Council ✔
- B) Judicial Council
- C) Cabinet
- D) Parliament Speaker
Why: Under Article 129, the President appoints the Chief Justice on the recommendation of the Constitutional Council.
The maximum term of the Chief Justice of Nepal is:
- A) 6 years ✔
- B) 5 years
- C) 4 years
- D) 10 years
Why: The Chief Justice can serve a maximum of 6 years.
The retirement age of Supreme Court judges in Nepal is:
- A) 65 years ✔
- B) 60 years
- C) 63 years
- D) 70 years
Why: Supreme Court judges retire at 65 years of age.
Apart from the Chief Justice, the Supreme Court can have up to how many justices?
- A) 20 ✔
- B) 14
- C) 25
- D) 10
Why: The Supreme Court has the Chief Justice and up to 20 justices.
The body that recommends appointment of High Court and District Court judges is the:
- A) Judicial Council ✔
- B) Constitutional Council
- C) Election Commission
- D) Public Service Commission
Why: The Judicial Council recommends the appointment of High Court and District Court judges.
The Judicial Council is chaired by the:
- A) Chief Justice ✔
- B) Prime Minister
- C) Law Minister
- D) President
Why: The Judicial Council (Article 153) is chaired by the Chief Justice.
The writ to free a person from illegal detention is:
- A) Habeas corpus ✔
- B) Mandamus
- C) Certiorari
- D) Quo warranto
Why: Habeas corpus orders that a detained person be produced in court and freed if the detention is illegal.
The writ ordering a public official to perform a legal duty is:
- A) Mandamus ✔
- B) Habeas corpus
- C) Prohibition
- D) Quo warranto
Why: Mandamus orders a public official or body to perform a legal duty they have failed to do.
The writ that quashes an illegal decision of a lower body is:
- A) Certiorari ✔
- B) Mandamus
- C) Habeas corpus
- D) Prohibition
Why: Certiorari quashes an illegal or unjust decision of a lower court or body.
The writ that stops a lower court from going beyond its jurisdiction is:
- A) Prohibition ✔
- B) Certiorari
- C) Mandamus
- D) Habeas corpus
Why: Prohibition stops a lower court or body from going beyond its jurisdiction.
The writ asking "by what authority" someone holds a public office is:
- A) Quo warranto ✔
- B) Mandamus
- C) Habeas corpus
- D) Certiorari
Why: Quo warranto asks 'by what authority' a person holds a public office, and removes them if they have no right.
The Supreme Court bench that hears constitutional disputes is the:
- A) Constitutional Bench ✔
- B) Full Bench only
- C) Single Bench
- D) Joint Bench
Why: The Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court hears constitutional disputes, such as conflicts over jurisdiction between levels of government.
Corruption cases filed by the CIAA are heard first by the:
- A) Special Court ✔
- B) District Court
- C) High Court
- D) Ward office
Why: Corruption cases filed by the CIAA are heard first by the Special Court.
Local disputes such as boundary or wage matters can be settled by the local:
- A) Judicial Committee ✔
- B) Election Commission
- C) Supreme Court directly
- D) Police only
Why: Local judicial committees settle local disputes such as boundaries, wages and minor family matters.
The judicial committee of a municipality is chaired by the:
- A) Deputy Mayor ✔
- B) Mayor
- C) Ward chair
- D) Chief Administrative Officer
Why: A municipality's judicial committee is chaired by the Deputy Mayor (in a rural municipality, the Vice-Chairperson).
If a case is filed after the hadmyad has passed, the court will:
- A) Not register (accept) the case ✔
- B) Decide it faster
- C) Double the fine
- D) Send it abroad
Why: A case filed after the hadmyad is not registered, because the legal time limit has passed.
Checking whether a petition is complete before accepting it is done at the:
- A) Darta (registration) section ✔
- B) Judgment stage
- C) Appeal stage
- D) Prison
Why: The darta (registration) section checks that a petition is complete and filed on time before accepting it.
Asking the same court to look again at its own decision is a:
- A) Review (पुनरावलोकन) ✔
- B) Appeal
- C) Darpith
- D) Tarikh
Why: A review (पुनरावलोकन) asks the same court to look again at its own decision on limited grounds.
A notice issued by the court asking someone to appear is a:
- A) Summons (म्याद) ✔
- B) Judgment
- C) Charge sheet
- D) Gazette
Why: A summons or notice (म्याद) is issued by the court asking someone to appear.
Missing the tarikh (court date) without reason may cause:
- A) Loss of the right to continue the case ✔
- B) Automatic win
- C) Promotion
- D) Nothing at all
Why: Missing the tarikh without a valid reason can cost a party the right to continue the case.
The constitutional article on courts and their tiers is Article:
- A) 127 ✔
- B) 133
- C) 144
- D) 148
Why: Article 127 of the Constitution sets out the courts and their tiers.
The writ jurisdiction of High Courts is given in Article:
- A) 144 ✔
- B) 133
- C) 127
- D) 46
Why: Article 144 gives High Courts their writ jurisdiction.
The writ jurisdiction of the Supreme Court is given in Article:
- A) 133 ✔
- B) 144
- C) 127
- D) 46
Why: Article 133 gives the Supreme Court its writ jurisdiction.
A tribunal that hears disputes on government staff service matters is the:
- A) Administrative Court ✔
- B) Revenue Tribunal
- C) Labour Court
- D) Special Court
Why: The Administrative Court hears disputes about the service conditions of government employees.
Disputes on tax assessment are heard by the:
- A) Revenue Tribunal ✔
- B) Labour Court
- C) Administrative Court
- D) Ward office
Why: The Revenue Tribunal hears appeals on tax assessment and other revenue matters.