Question:
Write in your own words what you understand by the following sentence on page 44-45: They also began fighting for greater equality and wanted to change the idea of law from a set of rules that they were forced to obey, to law as including ideas of justice.
Answer:
The Sedition Act of 1870 was a turning point in the struggle for freedom in India. According to the Sedition Act any person protesting or criticising the British government could be arrested without due trial. Indian nationalists began protesting and criticising this arbitrary use of authority by the British. They also began fighting for greater equality and wanted to change the idea of law from a set of rules that they were forced to obey to law as including ideas of justice. By the end of the nineteenth century the Indians started asserting themselves in the colonial courts. The Indian Legal profession began emerging as a force to reckon with and the Indians demanded respect in the courts. Indians started using law to defend their legal rights.
Indian judges began to play a greater role in making decisions. Thus the Indians played a major role in the evolution of the rule of law during the colonial period.
Why Do We Need A Parliament?
Q 1.
How is a new law introduced in Parliament?
Q 2.
Write in your own words what you understand by the term the "rule of law". In your response include a fictitious or real example of a violation of the rule of law.
Q 3.
Mention the different categories under which Law can be classified.
Q 4.
When was the Hindu Succession Amendment Act revised?
Q 5.
What is a constitution?
Q 6.
Who designed the Parliament house in India?
Q 7.
What was the Sedition Act?
Q 8.
How is a National government selected?
Q 9.
How was the system of law during ancient times in India?
Q 10.
The Role of the Parliament
Q 11.
Mention the 2 houses of the Indian Parliament.
Q 12.
What is a constituency?
Q 13.
To select the National Government
Q 14.
Mention some of the common laws that govern us.
Q 17.
What is the purpose of a Parliament?
Q 19.
What are the three major duties of the Parliament?
Q 20.
Write in your own words what you understand by the following sentence on page 44-45: They also began fighting for greater equality and wanted to change the idea of law from a set of rules that they were forced to obey, to law as including ideas of justice.
Q 21.
Why do you think the nationalist movement supported the idea that all adults have a right to vote?
Q 22.
State Article 14 of the Indian constitution.
Q 23.
Re-read the storyboard on how a new law on domestic violence got passed. Describe in your own words the different ways in which women"s groups worked to make this happen.
Q 24.
Why Do We Need Parliament?
Q 26.
What are the basic ideals of a democracy?
Q 27.
To Control, Guide & Inform the Government
Q 28.
Write a brief note on the Members of Parliament.
Q 29.
Write a brief note on the Rowlatt Act.
Q 30.
People & their representatives
Q 31.
Write a short note on Lady Justice.
Q 32.
What was the main principle of the Indian constitution?
Q 33.
State two reasons why historians refute the claim that the British introduced the rule of law in India.
Q 34.
How can all the citizens participate in the decision-making process of the government?
Q 35.
Write a brief note on the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha.
Q 36.
What is "Question hour" in Parliament?
Q 37.
Discuss with your teacher the difference between a State Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) and the Parliament (Lok Sabha)
