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Delhi Special Police Establishment (Amendment) Bill, 2021.

Delhi Special Police Establishment (Amendment) Bill, 2021: Parliament has passed the Delhi Special Police Establishment (Amendment) Bill, 2021. The Bill will replace the ordinance promulgated in this regard. The Bill seeks to amend the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946. Under the Act, the minimum tenure of the Director of Central Bureau of Investigation is […]

Central Vigilance Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2021

Central Vigilance Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2021: Parliament has passed the Central Vigilance Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2021. The bill will replace the ordinance promulgated in this regard. The Bill seeks to amend the Central Vigilance Commission Act, 2003. The Act provides for the constitution of a Central Vigilance Commission to conduct inquiries into offenses alleged to […]

Deposit Insurance And Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC) Bill, 2021

Deposit Insurance And Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC) Bill, 2021: The Prime Minister said that Rs 1,300 crore had been paid to over 1 lakh depositors who could not access their money as their banks faced financial crises. The deposits worth Rs 76 lakh crore were insured under the Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC) […]

Supreme Court on Highway Widening in Char Dham

Char Dham: The Supreme Court has allowed carriageways of three highways to be widened to 10m as part of the Char Dham roads project after modifying its earlier order limiting the width to 5.5m. A three-judge Supreme Court bench modified an earlier, September 2020 order by another three-judge bench directing that three highways being laid […]

Trafficking In Persons (Prevention, Care and Rehabilitation) Draft Bill 2021

Trafficking In Persons (Prevention, Care and Rehabilitation) Draft Bill 2021: The Indian Leadership Forum Against Trafficking (ILFAT) has written to the Ministry of Women and Child Development identifying gaps in the Trafficking in Persons (Prevention, Care and Rehabilitation) draft Bill 2021, which is expected to be tabled in the Winter session of Parliament. Issues with […]

Governor’s Role In Universities

Governor’s Role In Universities: A controversy has erupted in Kerala over the reappointment of Gopinath Ravindran as the Vice Chancellor of Kannur University. The appointment was against the decision of the Governor as the Chancellor of State Universities. While the Governor’s powers and functions as the Chancellor are laid out in the statutes that govern […]