DPC Important Questions & Answers
1. Full form of DPC
Drafting, Pleading and Conveyancing
2. Meaning of drafting, pleading, and conveyancing
• Drafting: Preparing legal documents with proper language and format.
• Pleading: Written statements filed by parties in a suit (plaint or written statement).
• Conveyancing: Drafting legal documents related to the transfer of property.
3. Legal notice – meaning & essentials
• Meaning: Formal communication to inform the other party before legal action.
• Essentials: Details of parties, cause of action, relief sought, time to respond.
4. Plaint – meaning & essentials
• Meaning: Written complaint filed by the plaintiff in a civil suit.
• Essentials: Name of parties, cause of action, facts, relief, jurisdiction, verification.
5. Provisions of CPC related to plaint
• Order VII, Rules 1 to 11 of the CPC
6. Interlocutory application – meaning
An application filed during the pendency of a suit for interim relief.
7. Temporary injunction – meaning
Court order restraining a party from doing a specific act during trial.
8. Provision for temporary injunction
Order XXXIX Rules 1 and 2 of CPC
9. Written statement & relevant CPC provision
• Meaning: Reply by defendant to the plaint.
• Provision: Order VIII of CPC
10. Grounds for divorce by Hindu wife under Hindu Marriage Act
• Cruelty, adultery, desertion (2+ years), conversion, mental disorder, venereal disease,
renunciation, not heard alive for 7 years.
11. Original Petition & Counter Affidavit – meaning
• Original Petition: First pleading filed for initiating legal proceedings.
• Counter Affidavit: Reply to the petition filed by the respondent.
12. Provision for Execution Petition
Order XXI of CPC
13. Memorandum of Appeal – meaning
Document filed to challenge a lower court’s judgment.
14. Memorandum of Revision – meaning
Filed to challenge jurisdictional error in lower court’s decision.
15. Difference between Appeal and Revision
• Appeal: Review of facts and law.
• Revision: Review only of jurisdictional/legal error.
16. Writ petition – meaning
A petition filed to enforce fundamental or legal rights.
17. Provisions for writ petitions
• Articles 32 and 226 of the Constitution
18. Difference between Art. 32 and 226
• Art. 32: Filed in Supreme Court for fundamental rights only.
• Art. 226: Filed in High Court for both fundamental and legal rights.
19. PIL – meaning & provision
• Meaning: Legal action for protection of public interest.
• Provision: Article 226 (High Court) and 32 (Supreme Court)
20. Provision for private complaint before Magistrate
Section 200 of CrPC
21. Difference between regular bail and anticipatory bail
• Regular bail: After arrest.
• Anticipatory bail: Before arrest (pre-arrest bail under Section 438 CrPC).
22. Criminal revision petition – meaning
Petition filed to correct jurisdictional or legal error in a criminal case.
23. Agreement for Sale – meaning
A document promising future sale of property on agreed terms.
24. Difference: Agreement for Sale vs of Sale
• For sale: Agreement to sell in future.
• Of sale: Sale has occurred.
25. Essentials of a sale deed
• Description of parties & property, consideration, transfer clause, registration, signatures.
26. Law dealing with sale of property
• Movable property: Sale of Goods Act, 1930
• Immovable property: Transfer of Property Act, 1882
27. General vs Special Power of Attorney
• General: Broad powers.
• Special: Specific act or purpose.
28. Lease – meaning
Transfer of right to use immovable property for a specific period and consideration.
29. Mortgage – meaning & kinds
• Meaning: Transfer of interest in immovable property as security for a loan.
• Kinds: Simple, usufructuary, conditional sale, English, equitable, anomalous.
30. Gift deed – meaning & essentials
• Transfer of property without consideration.
• Essentials: Voluntary, acceptance, registration (for immovable property).
31. Will – meaning
Legal declaration of intention regarding property distribution after death.
32. Promissory note – meaning & essentials
• Written promise to pay a certain amount.
• Essentials: Unconditional promise, in writing, signed, amount certain, name of payee.
33. Trust Deed – meaning & essentials
• Document creating a trust.
• Essentials: Author, trustee, beneficiary, trust property, objectives, duties.
34. Difference between Judge and Magistrate
• Judge: Higher judicial officer, handles civil and criminal matters.
• Magistrate: Lower judicial officer, mainly handles criminal cases.
