Category: Polity Current Affairs

Goa Liberation Day :19th December December 19 is celebrated as Goa Liberation Day. The day is celebrated annually to mark the success of ‘Operation Vijay’ undertaken by the Indian armed forces to defeat Portuguese colonial forces and liberate Goa in 1961. Operation Vijay – a 36-hour military operation (started on December 18, 1961 and concluded […]

Kerala University Laws (Amendment) Bills: Kerala Assembly passes University Laws (amendment) Bills to amend laws relating to the governance of State universities and remove the Governor as the Chancellor of State universities. The Governor and the State Government of Kerala had been at loggerheads for months now. It got worse when the Governor denied assent […]

Family Pehchan Patra For J&K Residents: The Government of India has recently decided to introduce a Family Pehchan Patra (FPP) for residents of the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir. Family Pehchan Patra will be an identity card with a unique 8-digit alphanumeric number (like in a PAN Card) to identify each family and its […]

What Are Undertrials? The Indian President has raised the issue of the plight of a large number of undertrials holed up in the prisons. An undertrial is a person who is currently on trial or who is imprisoned on remand whilst awaiting trial or a person who is on a trial in a court of […]

Justice Dipankar Dutta : Took Oath As a Judge Of The Supreme Court Justice Dipankar Dutta recently took oath as a judge of the Supreme Court. With the appointment of Justice Dutta, the Supreme Court will have 28 judges out of the strength of 34 judges. Article 124(3) of the constitution mentions the following people […]

Aam Aadmi Party Became The 9th National Party Of India: The Aam Aadmi Party became the 9th National Party of India after the result of Gujarat elections where it gained almost 13% of the vote share. It has a nationwide presence as opposed to a regional party that is restricted to only a particular state […]

Circular Trading: The issue of circular trading could be taken up by the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council in its upcoming meeting. Circular trading refers to fraudulently availing input tax credit by traders by issuing of invoices without availing any real goods or service. In simple words, circular trading refers to the transaction of […]

National Judicial Commission Bill, 2022: The National Judicial Commission Bill, 2022 was introduced after the majority of voice votes were in its favour. Highlights of the Bill: The bill aims to regulate the procedure to be followed by the National Judicial Commission for recommending people for appointment as the Chief Justice of India and other […]

Bill To Amend The Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act: A Bill to amend the Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act was introduced in the Lok Sabha recently. Multi-State Cooperatives: MSCS is a Cooperative Society with objects to serve the interest of the members in more than one State. MSCS Act, 2002 was passed to govern such cooperatives whose […]

Conjugal Visits For Prisoners: Conjugal rights refer to the concept of allowing a prisoner to spend some time in privacy with his spouse within the precincts of a jail. Conjugal visits are considered a fundamental right of the spouses of the prisoners Recognized as prisoner rights ( by UN and International Covenant on Civil and […]