Category: Polity Current Affairs

Subodh Kumar Jaiswal: New Director Of The CBI: The Central Government has appointed ‘Subodh Kumar Jaiswal’ as a new Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The Director of the CBI is appointed as per section 4A of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act of 1946. The CBI was set up in 1963 by […]

Hate speech : The IPC: A panel constituted by the Union Home Ministry to suggest reforms to the British-era Indian Penal Code (IPC) is likely to propose a separate Section on “offenses relating to speech and expression.” As there is no clear definition of what constitutes a “hate speech” in the IPC, the Committee for […]

Gujarat Freedom Of Religion (Amendment) Bill, 2021: Gujarat Governor has given his assent to the Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Bill, 2021, which has been projected as the “anti-love jihad” Bill. The Bill was passed in the state assembly during the budget session held in March 2021. The Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Bill 2021 […]

e-Courts Services Mobile app: Supreme Court of India’s E-Committee released a manual for its top citizen-centric service-free “e-Courts Services Mobile app” in 14 languages. The app is available in English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarathi, Kannada, Khasi, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, and Telugu. The “e-Courts Services Mobile app” aimed to benefit litigants, citizens, lawyers, […]

Waqf: The Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board on Tuesday condemned the demolition of a mosque in a tehsil compound in the Barabanki district by the administration, terming it a “patently illegal and high-handed action” and demanded its restoration. The Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board (or U.P. Sunni Waqf Board) is a body constituted […]

The West Bengal Government Will Set Up A Legislative Council (Vidhan Parishad): The West Bengal government will set up a Legislative Council (Vidhan Parishad), as per a decision taken up at the recent Cabinet meeting. For setting up the Council, a Bill has to be introduced in the Assembly, and then a nod from the […]

Independent Collegium: A petition was filed in the Supreme Court seeking the constitution of an independent collegium to appoint members of the Election Commission of India (ECI). The petition was filed by the Association for Democratic Reforms. The petition states that the present process of appointing members to the Election Commission, solely by the executive, […]

Article 311: Suspended police officer Sachin Waze, arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in connection with the Mukesh Ambani terror scare case, was dismissed from service by Mumbai Police Commissioner under Article 311 (2) (b) of the Indian Constitution without a departmental enquiry. Article 311 says that no government employee either of an all […]

Road Accident Victims: The Supreme Court has held that an extra 40% should be added to the income of deceased road accident victims who are aged below 40 years and are self-employed while calculating compensation. A three-judge Bench led by Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana said the additional amount should be included in the […]

Article 311 Of The Constitution: A police officer was dismissed from the service by Mumbai Police Commissioner under Article 311(2)(b) of the Constitution without a departmental enquiry. Article 311 (1) says that no government employee either of an all India service or a state government shall be dismissed or removed by an authority subordinate to […]