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 …
Read More »LS passes amended Forest Conservation Bill
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, …
Read More »The politics of the Uniform Civil Code
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 …
Read More »Can’t ask govt. to recognise a language as official one: SC
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 …
Read More »Centre seeks more social diversity in judges’ appointment
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 …
Read More »EC to issue e-vouchers for canvassing on Akashvani, DD
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 …
Read More »RIGHT TO PERSONAL LIBERTY
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 …
Read More »CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICES
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 …
Read More »POLYGAMY IN INDIA
Assam Chief Minister has said that the state government will move to ban the practice of polygamy through “legislative action. Practice of polygamy Polygamy is the practice of having more than one married spouse — wife or husband. The issue is governed both by personal laws and the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Traditionally, polygamy (mainly the situation of …
Read More »ENFORCEMENT DIRECTORATE
The SC reserved its judgment on a batch of petitions challenging the third extension given to Director of Enforcement. The Directorate of Enforcement is a multi-disciplinary organization mandated with investigation of offence of money laundering and violations of foreign exchange laws. The statutory functions of the Directorate include enforcement of following Acts: The Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA): It is …
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