Indian Constitution

Syllabus: Appointment to various Constitutional posts, powers, functions and responsibilities of various Constitutional Bodies. Context The Election Commission of India (ECI) has been a focal point of differences between the government and the judiciary. This time, the clash of opinions is over its appointment. SC Judgement The Supreme Court of …

Syllabus: Constitution of India —historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure.  Why in NEWS The Supreme Court on Thursday asked whether Article 370, which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, is being equated with the Basic Structure of the Constitution. Interpretation A Constitution Bench headed by …

Syllabus: Indian Constitution Why in NEWS Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said they were “hopeful of getting justice” from the Supreme Court, as it began day-to-day hearing of petitions challenging the dilution of provisions of Article 370 in 2019. Why the case …

Why in NEWS The Lok Sabha passed the Forest Conservation (Amendment) Bill on Wednesday, without any changes from the first version introduced on March 29. The contentious Bill was introduced to amend the Forest Conservation Act, 1980. Background The 1980 legislation has empowered the Centre for the past four decades, …

A UCC under a majoritarian regime is likely to be an awkward result of the crisis of Indian secularism. On June 27, in Bhopal, when Prime Minister advocated that a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) be implemented, he was seeking to accomplish the last of the three core ideological agendas that …

  Context The Supreme Court on Friday said it cannot direct the Centre to include Rajasthani as an official language in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution. A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India said the subject of the petition concerns a policy matter. The Eighth Schedule It was …

Context Law Minister on Friday informed the Lok Sabha that of the 604 judges appointed since 2018 to various High Courts, 454 belong to the general category. The Minister also informed the member that judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts are appointed under Articles 124, 217 and 224 …

The Election Commission (EC) has made the process of allotting airtime to political parties for campaigning on Akashvani and Doordarshan entirely online. Instead of collecting physical vouchers for airtime, the parties will henceforth be issued digital time vouchers through an Information Technology (IT) platform. “This step reflects the commission’s commitment …

The Supreme Court has recently held that bail orders should neither be too long and elaborate nor come too late as both violate the constitutional mandate of personal liberty. Key details: The supreme court highlighted that, while rejecting or granting bail to accused persons, Judges should not slip into extensive deliberations …

The Supreme Court verdict on the Delhi government’s tussle with the Centre over the national capital’s bureaucracy draw new red lines for Constitutional offices in the face of political compulsions, and underline the sanctity of the elected government. Verdict on basic structure: In the Delhi ruling, the apex court speaks …