Category: Polity Current Affairs

Finance Bill 2023: The Finance Bill 2023 was approved with amendments. The Lok Sabha passed Finance Bill, 2023 including the setting up of the GST Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT) Key Highlights of the bill:- The withholding tax rate on royalties and fees for technical services paid to non-residents has been raised from 10% to 20%This may […]

Disqualification Of Member Of Parliaments: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has been disqualified from the Lok Sabha recently. Disqualification of Member of parliaments:- The provision for disqualification is given in Article 102 of the Constitution. It specifies that a person shall be disqualified for contesting elections and being a Member of Parliament under certain conditions: If […]

Guillotine: The ongoing stalemate in the Indian Parliament has led to the possibility of the government using ‘guillotine’ to fast-track the passage of the Finance Bill without any discussion in the Lok Sabha. This has led to confusion and questions about what exactly guillotine means in legislative parlance. The term guillotine originally referred to an […]

Inter-Services Organisations (Command, Control and Discipline) Bill, 2023: The Inter-Services Organisations (Command, Control and Discipline) Bill, 2023, was introduced in Lok Sabha to empower designated military commanders to take charge of soldiers and enforce discipline, regardless of the service they belong to. The bill came ahead of the impending move to establish integrated or joint […]

Rules For Registration And Regulation Of Foreign Lawyers And Foreign Law Firms In India, 2022:   The Bar Council of India (BCI) has notified the Rules for Registration and Regulation of Foreign Lawyers and Foreign Law Firms in India, 2022. New Rules: The notification allows foreign lawyers and law firms to register with BCI to […]

Right Of Children To Free And Compulsory Education Act, 2009 The Delhi High Court recently disposed of a plea seeking direction to the Bar Council of India (BCI) to make the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (RTE Act) a compulsory subject in all law schools. The Constitution (Eighty-sixth Amendment) Act, […]

Same Sex Marriage : Centre Opposed The Centre has opposed same-sex marriage in the Supreme Court, stating that marriage between a biological man and woman is a holy union, a sacrament, and a sanskar in India. A Bench led by Chief Justice of India refers petitions to legally recognise same-sex marriages to a Constitution Bench […]

Ram Chandra Poudel : New President Of Nepal Ram Chandra Poudel, a veteran Nepali Congress leader and former Deputy Prime Minister, was elected as the new President of Nepal. He secured vote of 214 lawmakers of Parliament and 352 provincial assembly members. Poudel is the 3rd President of the country, succeeding Bidhya Devi Bhandari, whose […]

Transit Anticipatory Bail To a Person In An FIR Lodged Against Him By The Tamil Nadu Police The Delhi High Court recently granted transit anticipatory bail to a person in an First Information Report (FIR) lodged against him by the Tamil Nadu police. Transit Anticipatory Bail is sought when a case against a person has […]