Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Polity and Constitution

Consider a constitutional remedy with the following characteristics:

  • It examines the legality of a person’s claim to a substantive public office created by the Constitution or a statute.
  • It is not available in respect of a private office or a merely ministerial office.
  • The applicant need not show that a personal legal right has been infringed.

Which one of the following writs is described above?

  1. Quo warranto
  2. Mandamus
  3. Habeas corpus
  4. Prohibition
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