Criminalisation Of Politics: Amicus Curiae Report According to data compiled by the Amicus Curiae, a total of 4,984 criminal cases involving legislators were pending in various courts across the country as of 1st December, 2021. The Amicus Curiae was appointed by the Supreme Court for helping the court in setting up special courts to […]
Category: Polity Current Affairs
What Is The Common Electoral Roll?
What Is The Common Electoral Roll? The Law and Justice Minister told the Rajya Sabha that the Centre was not planning on amending the Representation of the People Act, 1951 to enable a common electoral roll and simultaneous elections to all electoral bodies in the country. Under the Common Electoral Roll, only one voter […]
Amendment to Motion Of Thanks
Motion Of Thanks: Amendments to the Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address were proposed . The amendment proposal mentioned the government’s alleged use of Pegasus spyware and its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. Article 87 provides for the special address by the President. The article provides that at the commencement of the first […]
Dress Code and Freedom Of Religion
Freedom Of Religion: After six students were banned from entering a college in Karnataka’s Udupi district for wearing a hijab last month, the row over whether educational institutions can impose a strict dress code that could interfere with rights of students has spilled to other colleges in the state. The issue throws up legal […]
Retrospective Amendment To The Income-Tax Act
Retrospective Amendment To The Income-Tax Act: The Union Budget 2022-23 brought in some amendments to the Income Tax Act that would be effective retrospectively. Making a retrospective amendment to the Income-tax Act from 2005-06, the Budget has clarified that cess and surcharge will not be allowed to be claimed as deductions in the form […]
Kerala Lokayukta Act, 1999 Amendment: Proposed Changes
Kerala Lokayukta Act, 1999 : Proposed Changes The Kerala government has proposed to amend the Kerala Lokayukta Act, 1999 with an ordinance, a move that has drawn criticism from the opposition. The proposed ordinance envisages to limit the powers of the anti-corruption watchdog. The Kerala cabinet has recommended to the Governor that he promulgates the […]
Contempt Of Court
Contempt Of Court: Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana has agreed to immediately list for hearing a petition to initiate contempt action against Haryana authorities for not reining in ‘hooligans’ who have created an ‘atmosphere of communal hatred and terror’ for worshippers offering Friday prayers in Gurugram. The petition condemned the inaction of the Haryana […]
Supreme Court on Suspension Of MLAs
Suspension Of MLAs: The Supreme Court has set aside the one-year suspension of 12 BJP MLAs from the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. The Supreme Court held that suspension for a year was ‘unconstitutional, substantively illegal and irrational’. The MLAs were suspended for misbehaviour in the Assembly pertaining to disclosure of data regarding OBCs. The challenge to […]
Supreme Court Refused To Lay Down The Yardstick For Reservation
Supreme Court (SC) Refused To Lay Down The Yardstick For Reservation: The Supreme Court (SC) refused to lay down the “yardstick” for determining the inadequacy of representation for granting reservation in promotions for Scheduled Caste (SC)/Scheduled Tribe (ST) candidates in government jobs. The court’s judgement came in a batch of petitions from across the country […]
Non-Renewal of FCRA Registration
Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA): The Supreme Court asked 6,000-odd NGOs to go back to the government for redressal of their grievances on non-renewal of their Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) registration. The FCRA was enacted during the Emergency in 1976 in an atmosphere of apprehension that foreign powers were interfering in India’s affairs by […]
