Category: Polity Current Affairs

Recognition Of Sex Work As a Profession : Supreme Court The Supreme Court, in a significant order has recognised sex work as a “profession” whose practitioners are entitled to dignity and equal protection under law. The Supreme Court has directed that police should neither interfere nor take criminal action against adult and consenting sex workers. […]

Inter-State Council: The Inter-State Council(ISC) has been reconstituted with the Prime Minister as Chairman and Chief Ministers of all States and six Union Ministers as members. Ten union ministers will be the permanent invitees to the Inter-State Council. The government has also reconstituted the standing committee of the Inter-State Council with Union Home as Chairman. […]

Defamation Suit Against Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut: BJP leader Kirit Somaiya’s wife Medha has filed a civil defamation suit against Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut. Somaiya sought court to direct Raut either pay her Rs 100cr or deposit amount in CM relief fund. Raut had repeatedly made defamatory public statements against her and her husband, she […]

New Lieutenant-Governor (L-G) Of Delhi :Vinai Kumar Saxena Vinai Kumar Saxena, Chairman of Khadi and Village Industries Commission, has been appointed the new Lieutenant-Governor (L-G) of Delhi. President Ram Nath Kovind accepted the resignation of Anil Baijal from the post and appointed Vinai Kumar Saxena to be the Lt. Governor of National Capital Territory of […]

13th Annual Day Commemoration Of The Competition Commission Of India (CCI): Finance Minister participated in the 13th Annual Day commemoration of the Competition Commission of India (CCI). Finance Minister also inaugurated the regional office at Kolkata and launched an upgraded website of CCI. Competition Commission of India (CCI) is a statutory body of the Government […]

Article 142: In ordering the release of Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict A G Perarivalan on May 18, the Supreme Court invoked the extraordinary power conferred on the court under Article 142 of the Constitution. Article 142 of Constitution: Title: Enforcement of decrees, orders of Supreme Court and orders as to discovery, etc. This article […]

Eklavya Model Residential Schools: The Ministry of Tribal Affairs has laid the foundation stone for the construction of Eklavya Model Residential School (EMRS) in Nashik, Maharashtra. The proposed EMR School aims to make quality education accessible to tribal students in remote tribal hinterlands of Nashik. EMRS is a scheme for making model residential schools for […]

Sri Lanka’s 21st Constitutional Amendment: The government of Sri Lanka intends to introduce the 21st Constitutional Amendment Bill. The 21st Constitutional Amendment seeks to repeal the 20th Amendment. Overview of the 21st Amendment: It seeks to reduce the Presidency to a ceremonial position, retaining the powers of the President on all three armed forces. However, […]

The Places Of Worship Act: An appeal against the video survey of Varanasi’s Gyanvapi mosque will be heard by the Supreme Court. The survey, according to a Muslim organisation, is in violation of the places of worship act, 1991. During a court-ordered videography survey of the Gyanvapi Masjid complex by a municipal court in Varanasi, […]

Karnataka’s Anti-Conversion Bill: Karnataka state government has decided to take the Ordinance route to get clearance for the Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Bill, 2021. The Bill, which was adopted by the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in its special session in December 2021, is yet to be introduced in the Legislative Council. Highlights […]