What is the significance of the principle of “complementarity” in the context of the International Criminal Court (ICC)?

The ICC can prosecute cases only when national jurisdictions are unwilling or unable to do so

The ICC has primary jurisdiction over all international crimes

The ICC can only prosecute crimes committed within its member states

The ICC shares jurisdiction equally with national courts

The parties in this case approached the Supreme Court of India under which of the following provisions:

Appeal under section 423 of the Companies Act, 2013.

A Class Action Suit under Section 245 of the Companies Act, 2013.

Special Leave Petition (SLP) under Article 136 of the Constitution of India.

Appeal under section 421 of the Companies Act, 2013.

Rule of ‘supremacy of majority’ in governing the affairs of a company has been settled in a very old leading case of Foss v. Harbottle (1843) 2 Hare 461. In India, which case diluted the majority rule and held that interest of the company was above the interest of its shareholders, either majority or minority?

Needle Industries (India) Ltd. v. Needle Industries Newey (India). afafaf afafafafafafafafafafafa fafafafafafafafafafa fafafafaf

Rajahmundry Electric Supply Corporation Ltd. v. A. Nageshwara Rao

Bagree Cereals v. Hanuman Prasad Bagri.

Shanti Prasad Jain v. Kalinga Tubes Ltd.

While recommending “Separation of the Roles of non-executive Chairperson and Managing Director/ CEO ”, the Kotak Mahindra Committee quoted the following text: “given the importance and the particular nature of the chairman’s role, it should in principle be separate from that of the chief executive. If the two roles are combined in one person, it represents a considerable concentration of power”. This quote refers to which of the following Committee Report?

Narayana Murthy Committee Report

Constitutional Law — CLAT Previous Year Questions

303 solved PYQs · 2016–2026 · Legal Reasoning

Solved PYQs: 303
Years covered: 2016–2026
Avg / year: ~28
Subject: Legal Reasoning

How many CLAT questions come from Constitutional Law?

Constitutional Law has contributed 303 questions to Common Law Admission Test papers between 2016 and 2026 — an average of about 28 questions a year. That count is measured from EByAi’s bank of 19,890 CLAT questions, not estimated from a syllabus. Every one of the 303 questions carries a written, step-by-step solution, and each is tagged to Constitutional Law within Legal Reasoning, so you can drill this chapter across every year at once instead of hunting through paper PDFs. Practising a chapter’s full PYQ history is the fastest way to learn the patterns examiners reuse.

Sample Constitutional Law questions from real CLAT papers

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Question 1 · CLAT 2026
The characteristic of utilitarianism that operates beyond individual thought, desire, and perspective is called:
1. (A) $Universality$
2. (B) $Quantifiability$
3. (C) $Rationality$
4. (D) $Objectivity$
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$Answer: (D) Objectivity$
Question 2 · CLAT 2025
What is the significance of the principle of “complementarity” in the context of the International Criminal Court (ICC)?
1. (A) $The ICC can prosecute cases only when national jurisdictions are unwilling or unable to do so$
2. (B) $The ICC has primary jurisdiction over all international crimes$
3. (C) $The ICC can only prosecute crimes committed within its member states$
4. (D) $The ICC shares jurisdiction equally with national courts$
Show answerAnswer
$Answer: (A) The ICC can prosecute cases only when national jurisdictions are unwilling or unable to do so$
Question 3 · CLAT 2024
The parties in this case approached the Supreme Court of India under which of the following provisions:
1. (A) $Appeal under section 423 of the Companies Act, 2013.$
2. (B) $A Class Action Suit under Section 245 of the Companies Act, 2013.$
3. (C) $Special Leave Petition (SLP) under Article 136 of the Constitution of India.$
4. (D) $Appeal under section 421 of the Companies Act, 2013.$
Show answerAnswer
$Answer: (A) Appeal under section 423 of the Companies Act, 2013.$
Question 4 · CLAT 2024
Rule of ‘supremacy of majority’ in governing the affairs of a company has been settled in a very old leading case of Foss v. Harbottle (1843) 2 Hare 461. In India, which case diluted the majority rule and held that interest of the company was above the interest of its shareholders, either majority or minority?
1. (A) $Rajahmundry Electric Supply Corporation Ltd. v. A. Nageshwara Rao$
2. (B) $Bagree Cereals v. Hanuman Prasad Bagri.$
3. (C) $Shanti Prasad Jain v. Kalinga Tubes Ltd.$
4. (D) $Needle Industries (India) Ltd. v. Needle Industries Newey (India). afafaf afafafafafafafafafafafa fafafafafafafafafafa fafafafaf$
Show answerAnswer
$Answer: (D) Needle Industries (India) Ltd. v. Needle Industries Newey (India). afafaf afafafafafafafafafafafa fafafafafafafafafafa fafafafaf$
Question 5 · CLAT 2024
While recommending “Separation of the Roles of non-executive Chairperson and Managing Director/ CEO ”, the Kotak Mahindra Committee quoted the following text: “given the importance and the particular nature of the chairman’s role, it should in principle be separate from that of the chief executive. If the two roles are combined in one person, it represents a considerable concentration of power”. This quote refers to which of the following Committee Report?
1. (A) $Cohen Committee Report$
2. (B) $Cadbury Committee Report$
3. (C) $Hampel Committee Report$
4. (D) $Narayana Murthy Committee Report$
Show answerAnswer
$Answer: (B) Cadbury Committee Report$

Constitutional Law questions by year

Year	Questions	Share of chapter questions
2026	24
2025	28
2024	26
2023	32
2022	32
2021	19
2020	37
2019	15
2018	46
2017	36
2016	8

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