Category: Polity Current Affairs

e-Courts Services Mobile app: Supreme Court of India’s E-Committee released a manual for its top citizen-centric service-free “e-Courts Services Mobile app” in 14 languages. The app is available in English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarathi, Kannada, Khasi, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, and Telugu. The “e-Courts Services Mobile app” aimed to benefit litigants, citizens, lawyers, […]

Waqf: The Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board on Tuesday condemned the demolition of a mosque in a tehsil compound in the Barabanki district by the administration, terming it a “patently illegal and high-handed action” and demanded its restoration. The Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board (or U.P. Sunni Waqf Board) is a body constituted […]

The West Bengal Government Will Set Up A Legislative Council (Vidhan Parishad): The West Bengal government will set up a Legislative Council (Vidhan Parishad), as per a decision taken up at the recent Cabinet meeting. For setting up the Council, a Bill has to be introduced in the Assembly, and then a nod from the […]

Independent Collegium: A petition was filed in the Supreme Court seeking the constitution of an independent collegium to appoint members of the Election Commission of India (ECI). The petition was filed by the Association for Democratic Reforms. The petition states that the present process of appointing members to the Election Commission, solely by the executive, […]

Article 311: Suspended police officer Sachin Waze, arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in connection with the Mukesh Ambani terror scare case, was dismissed from service by Mumbai Police Commissioner under Article 311 (2) (b) of the Indian Constitution without a departmental enquiry. Article 311 says that no government employee either of an all […]

Road Accident Victims: The Supreme Court has held that an extra 40% should be added to the income of deceased road accident victims who are aged below 40 years and are self-employed while calculating compensation. A three-judge Bench led by Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana said the additional amount should be included in the […]

Article 311 Of The Constitution: A police officer was dismissed from the service by Mumbai Police Commissioner under Article 311(2)(b) of the Constitution without a departmental enquiry. Article 311 (1) says that no government employee either of an all India service or a state government shall be dismissed or removed by an authority subordinate to […]

Socially And Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC): The supreme court said that the Centre alone is empowered to identify Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) and include them in the Central List for claiming reservation benefits. The President (that is the Central government) alone, to the exclusion of all other authorities, is empowered to identify SEBCs […]

Himanta Biswa Sarma:15th Chief Minister of Assam: Himanta Biswa Sarma, the face of the BJP in Northeast India, will be sworn in as the 15th Chief Minister of Assam. His name was proposed by outgoing Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal. BJP retained power in the state along with alliance partners Asom Gana Parishad and UPPL. Dr. […]

N. Rangasamy: Puducherry CM: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated N. Rangasamy on taking oath as Puducherry CM. Puducherry is a Union Territory of India rather than a state, which implies that governance and administration fall directly under federal authority. However, Puducherry is one of the three union territories in India (the other being the […]