Category: Polity Current Affairs

Supreme Court Collegium: The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended to the government nine names for appointment as judges in the court, and in the process, scripted history by naming Karnataka High Court judge B.V. Nagarathna, who may become India’s first woman CJI a few years from now. Key Recommendations: The Collegium has for the first […]

Foreigners’ Tribunals: Assam government’s Political Department has issued a notification ordering the State police’s Border wing not to forward any case against Gurkhas to the Foreigners’ Tribunals under the Foreigners’ Act of 1946. The Border wing is tasked with identifying people of doubtful citizenship and serving them notices for a Foreigners’ Tribunal — a quasi-judicial […]

Tribunal Law Reforms The Tribunal Reforms Act, 2021 was passed in both houses recently. The law has triggered a fresh stand-off between the legislature and the judiciary over the powers of and limitations on law making. As per the Bill, the minimum age criterion is 50 years for appointment of advocates as members of tribunals […]

Draft Electricity Rules, 2021: The Ministry of Power has circulated the “Draft Electricity (promoting renewable energy through Green Energy Open Access) Rules, 2021”. These rules are proposed for purchase and consumption of green energy including the energy from Waste-to-Energy plants. The draft rules have the following subheads within which details are provided: Renewable Purchase Obligation […]

Flag Code of India: On July 22, 1947, the National flag of India was adopted in its present form (horizontal rectangular tricolour) during a meeting of the Constituent Assembly, 23 days before India’s Independence, and became the official national flag of the Dominion of India on August 15, 1947. Present flag is based on the […]

Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules, 2021: Union Ministry of Environment has notified the Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules, 2021, which prohibits identified single use plastic items which have low utility and high littering potential by 2022. In the 4th United Nations Environment Assembly held in 2019, India had piloted a resolution on addressing single-use plastic […]

Minority Schools In The Country: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has released a report assessing minority schools in the country. The report has analysed the impact of exemptions provided to Minority institutions under Article 15(5). Article 15(5) empowers the country to make reservations with regard to admissions into educational institutions both […]

Sovereign Right To Taxation: While scrapping the retrospective levy is believed to provide clarity to investors by removing a major source of ambiguity on taxation laws, the Government of India has stressed the need to establish its “sovereign right to taxation”. In India, the Constitution gives the government the right to levy taxes on individuals […]

Consumer Dispute Redressal Panels: The Supreme Court has given the Centre and the States eight weeks to fill the vacancies in the consumer disputes redressal commissions. The Court has also asked the Centre to conduct a comprehensive “legislative impact study” on the Consumer Protection Act, 2019. The laws have been made for the benefit of […]

Termination Of A Session Of Parliament: The Lok Sabha was adjourned Sine Die two days ahead of its scheduled date of August 13, as the Opposition protested over the Pegasus snooping controversy, farm laws and other issues. Important Parliament Terminology: Zero Hour — time allotted to individuals members to raise important issues — was most […]