Category: Polity Current Affairs

Pardoning Power Of Governor: A claim by the Centre that the President, and not the Tamil Nadu Governor, has “exclusive power” to decide on the plea for pardon by the Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict A.G. Perarivalan drew flak from the Supreme Court before it reserved the case for judgment. A three-judge Bench said the government’s […]

Marital Rape: Two judges of the Delhi High Court gave a split verdict on the question of criminalising rape within marriage, leaving the law unchanged. Justice Rajiv Shakdher, who headed the Bench, struck down as unconstitutional the exception to Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code, which says that sexual intercourse by a man with […]

Assam Cattle Preservation Act, 2021: Assam Cattle Preservation Act, 2021- A cow protection law that Assam enforced less than a year ago has led to an acute beef crisis in Meghalaya. The hill State’s main cattle market has also been closed due to non-availability of the animal for consumption. Various pressure groups in Assam groups […]

New Draft Of National Youth Policy: A new draft of the National Youth Policy (NYP) has been prepared by the central government of India. The new draft has been prepared after the government reviewed the existing National Youth Policy, 2014. A ten-year vision for the development of youth has been envisioned by this draft policy […]

Delimitation Commission Of J&K : The Delimitation Commission headed by Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, (a retired Judge of the Supreme Court of India) released the Delimitation Order for the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir. As per the final Delimitation Order, the following will come into effect from the date to be notified by the […]

What Is Sealed Cover Jurisprudence? The Supreme Court, in the Media One ban case, has reiterated its intention to examine the legality of governments filing incriminating material in sealed covers without sharing the information with the accused/other party. The issue of “sealed cover jurisprudence” came up in the previous hearing on March 15, when the […]

Notice To Jharkhand Chief Minister By Election Commission : Office Of Profit The Election Commission issued notice to Jharkhand chief minister on a reference that he held an “office of profit” by granting a mining lease to himself in 2021. The chief minister is accused of violating a provision of the Representation of the People […]

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 […]

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: 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 […]