Category: Polity Current Affairs

Doctrine Of Constructive Possession: Invoking the doctrine of “constructive possession”, Supreme Court recently ruled that watching child pornography over the Internet without downloading would also amount to “possession”, in terms of Section 15 of the POCSO Act, provided the person had a degree of control over such material. It is a legal doctrine that attributes […]

Fact-Check Unit: The Bombay High Court has struck down the amended IT Rules, 2023, which allowed the Centre to establish a fact-check unit to identify “fake news” about the government. The court ruled that the rules violated the Constitution’s rights to equality and free speech, describing the terms “fake, false, and misleading” as vague. The […]

Simultaneous Elections: The Union Cabinet approved a proposal for simultaneous elections across the country, aligning polls for the Lok Sabha, state Assemblies, and local bodies across India. The decision came after a high-level committee, chaired by former President Ram Nath Kovind, submitted its report on the ‘one nation, one election’ plan. Bill 1: Simultaneous elections […]

3rd National Lok Adalat: The National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) organised the 3rd National Lok Adalat of the year 2024 in the Taluks, Districts and High Courts of 27 States/UTs. It was organised under the stewardship of Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Judge of the Supreme Court of India and Executive Chairman, NALSA. Highlights of the 3rd […]

Atishi Marlena Set To Be New CM of Delhi: 43 year old, Atishi Marlena from Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will be the new Chief Minister of state Delhi. She will replace the AAP supremo and party chief Arvind Kejriwal. Decision was taken in the meeting of member of legislative assembly.

Restatement of Values of Judicial Life” adopted by the Supreme Court in 1997: The recent visit of the Prime Minister of India to Chief Justice of India (CJI) residence has sparked controversy, particularly in the context of the “Restatement of Values of Judicial Life” adopted by the Supreme Court in 1997. The ‘Restatement of Values […]

Gram Nyayalayas: The Supreme Court recently said the establishment of Gram Nyayalayas across the country would help improve access to justice. Gram Nyayalayas, or village courts, are established under the Gram Nyayalayas Act, 2008, for speedy and easy access to the justice system in the rural areas of India. The Act extends to the whole […]

Parliamentary Committee On Official Language: Recently, the Union Home Minister was unanimously re-elected the Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Official Language. The Parliamentary Committee on Official Language was constituted under the provisions of Section 4 of the Official Languages Act, 1963, in the year 1976. Section 4 of the Act says “There shall be […]

RS Sharma Appointed Non-Executive Chairperson of ONDC: The Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) has announced the appointment of RS Sharma as its Non-Executive Chairperson. Sharma, who has previously served as the Director General and Mission Director of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), Chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), and […]