Indian Judiciary

Syllabus: Structure, organization and functioning of the Executive and the Judiciary Why in NEWS The Supreme Court on Friday said that instances of hate speech would be prosecuted equally, no matter the faith of the offender. Freedom to speech Article 14 of the Constitution of India guarantees equality before the …

Syllabus: Structure, organization and functioning of the Executive and the Judiciary Why in NEWS Career woman, fallen woman, faithful or obedient wife, eve-teasing, hermaphrodite: the Supreme Court has identified these words and many others as gender-unjust terms which are often heard in Indian courts. Indian Judiciary Handbook The Indian Judiciary …

TOPICS COVERED: Structure, organization and functioning of the Executive and the Judiciary—Ministries and Departments of the Government; pressure groups and formal/informal associations and their role in the Polity. Context:  The ongoing arguments before a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on the abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status under …

TOPICS COVERED: Structure, organization and functioning of the Executive and the Judiciary—Ministries and Departments of the Government; pressure groups and formal/informal associations and their role in the Polity. Context: The government is planning to introduce the National Manuscripts Bill, 2023 Key details: What is a manuscript? A manuscript is a handwritten …

TOPICS COVERED: Structure, organization and functioning of the Executive and the Judiciary—Ministries and Departments of the Government; pressure groups and formal/informal associations and their role in the Polity. Context: Union Home Minister introduced three bills in the Lok Sabha to replace the Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure and …

Context: The Rajya Sabha, on August 08, 2023, passed the Inter-Services Organisation (Command, Control & Discipline) Bill – 2023. It was passed by the Lok Sabha on August 04, 2023. The bill seeks to empower Commander-in-Chief and Officer-in Command of Inter-Services Organisations (ISOs) with all disciplinary and administrative powers in …

Last week former Supreme Court judge Justice M.R. Shah refused to recuse himself from hearing a plea by former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Sanjiv Bhatt to submit additional evidence to back his Gujarat High Court appeal against his conviction in a 1990 custodial death case. Bhatt contended that there was a …

The Supreme Court has held that the independence of district judiciary is part of the basic structure of the Constitution and judicial independence from the executive and the legislature requires the judiciary to have a say in matters of finances. “The independence of the district judiciary must also be equally …

NCLAT was constituted in 2016 under Section 410 of the Companies Act, 2013 for hearing appeals against the orders of National Company Law Tribunal(s) (NCLT). It is a is a quasi-judicial body that adjudicates issues relating to Indian companies. NCLAT is also the Appellate Tribunal for hearing appeals against: Orders passed by NCLT(s) under Section 61 of the Insolvency …

The Supreme Court upheld The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act of 2017 and Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Conduct of Jallikattu) Rules of 2017. A five-judge constitutional bench of the Supreme Court upheld the amendments made by Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Karnataka to ‘The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PCA) …