What Is Sedition Law? The Government has sought more time to submit its written response to petitions challenging the constitutional validity of Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code dealing with the offense of sedition. In the year 2021, the CJI (Chief Justice of India) had questioned why a colonial law used against Mahatma Gandhi […]
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National Language Debate
National Language Debate: Remarks by a Hindi actor to the effect that Hindi is the national language of India sparked a controversy recently over the status of the language under the Constitution. The Constitution of India has not given any language a national status. Under Article 343 of the Constitution, the official language of the […]
100 Years Of Delhi University
100 Years Of Delhi University: On May 1, 2022 Delhi University marked the beginning of its centennial celebrations. The idea for the university began taking shape in 1911 when it was decided to shift the capital of India to Delhi from Calcutta. The onset of World War I, differences over the nature of the would-be […]
Hatti Community : Request For Inclusion In The List Of Scheduled Tribes
Hatti Community : Request For Inclusion In The List Of Scheduled Tribes Centre is considering the Himachal Pradesh’ government’s request for inclusion of the Hatti community in the list of Scheduled Tribes in the state. The community has been making the demand since 1967, when tribal status was accorded to people living in the Jaunsar […]
Rules For Resignation And Reinstatement Of An Officer
Rules For Resignation And Reinstatement Of An Officer: Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Shah Faesal, who resigned from the service in protest against the “unabated” killings in Kashmir in 2019, has been reinstated. Faesal’s resignation, in January 2019, had not been accepted by the government, pending investigation into some of his posts on social media. […]
Karnataka Anti-Cow Slaughter Legislation: Highlights
Karnataka Anti-Cow Slaughter Legislation: Highlights Accusing the Government of creating fear psychosis among farmers using the Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Act, a convention of dairy farmers has demanded that the legislation be scrapped at the earliest in their interest. Police were harassing farmers by using the provisions of the legislation. While […]
Amendment In Civil Registration System
Amendment In Civil Registration System: According to the 2020-21 annual report of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the Central government is planning to revamp the Civil Registration System (CRS) to enable the registration of birth and death in real-time with minimum human interface that will be independent of location. The RGI (Registrar General of […]
Section 144 CrPC
Section 144 CrPC: The administration of Uttarakhand’s Haridwar district imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Code Of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), 1973 near the town of Roorkee. This law empowers the magistrate of any state or union territory in India to pass an order prohibiting the gathering of four or more people in a […]
The Case Of Kesavananda Bharati v State Of Kerala
The Case Of Kesavananda Bharati v State Of Kerala: Exactly forty nine ago, on April 24, 1973, Chief Justice Sikri and 12 judges of the Supreme Court assembled to deliver the most important judgment in its history. The case of Kesavananda Bharati v State of Kerala had been heard for 68 days, the arguments commencing […]
Pratapsingh Rane : Lifetime Status Of The Rank Of Cabinet Minister
Pratapsingh Rane : Lifetime Status Of The Rank Of Cabinet Minister The BJP govt had honoured the veteran Congress leader – Pratapsingh Rane – for his 50 years as MLA by providing the “lifetime status of the rank of Cabinet minister”. Pratapsingh Rane is a six-time Chief Minister of Goa and a legislator for a […]
