Category: Polity Current Affairs

Uniform Civil Code (UCC) In Goa: Chief Justice of India S A Bobde recently appreciated the uniform civil code (UCC) in Goa, the only state to have one. The CJI urged intellectuals to seriously study the Goa UCC. About Goa’s UCC: Goa’s Portuguese Civil Code, 1867 is basically an alien code given by the Portuguese. […]

Overseas Citizens of India (OCI): Union Home Ministry has clarified that the Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) will not be required to register for a fresh OCI card every time a new passport is issued in their name. At present, the OCI card is required to be reissued each time a new passport is issued […]

Sushil Chandra: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) The President appointed Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra as the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC). He replaces Sunil Arora who has retired. About the Election Commission of India: The Election Commission of India (ECI) is an autonomous constitutional authority responsible for administering Union and State election processes in India. It was […]

Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) Handbook: NITI Aayog—in association with Agami and Omidyar Network India and with the support of ICICI Bank, Ashoka Innovators for the Public, Trilegal, Dalberg, Dvara, NIPFP—will launch the first-of-its-kind Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) handbook in India. The handbook is an invitation to business leaders to adopt ODR in India. It highlights […]

Copyright (Amendment) Rules, 2021: The Government of India has notified Copyright (Amendment) Rules, 2021. In India, the copyright regime is governed by the Copyright Act, 1957 and the Copyright Rules, 2013. The Copyright Rules, 2013 were last amended in the year 2016. The objective of the amendments is to bring the existing rules in parity […]

Mission Director Of Atal Innovation Mission (AIM): Dr Chintan Vaishnav: Noted socio-technologist Dr Chintan Vaishnav has been appointed the mission director of Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), the government’s flagship initiative under NITI Aayog. Vaishnav will take over from Ramanathan Ramanan later this month. Ramanan has been leading AIM as its first mission director since June […]

Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) Modified Guidelines:   The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has modified the guidelines pertaining to the transfer and posting of officials in the vigilance units of government organisations, restricting their tenure to three years at one place. There are 3 principal actors at the national level in the fight against corruption: the […]

Justice N V Ramana: 48th Chief Justice Of India: In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (2) of Article 124 of the Constitution, President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed Justice N V Ramana as the 48th Chief Justice of India with effect from April 24, 2021, accepting the recommendation made by the outgoing CJI […]

Tribunals Reforms (Rationalisation and Conditions of Service) Ordinance, 2021: The President of India has promulgated the Tribunals Reforms (Rationalisation and Conditions of Service) Ordinance, 2021, by which the appellate authorities under nine Acts have been done away with and the right to hear appeals under the statute has been conferred to High Courts. Section 184 […]

Serious Crime Merely On The Benefits Of Doubt: The Supreme Court has held that a public employer can reject a candidate as unsuitable if he/she had, in the past, been acquitted of a serious crime merely on the benefit of the doubt. The benefit of the doubt is granted to the accused when there is […]