Category: Polity and Constitution

Context: The central government has repromulgated the ordinance that establishes a commission for air quality management in the National Capital Region, or the Commission for Air Quality Management…

Context: The government has issued an ordinance which does away with certain appellate tribunals and transfers their functions to other existing judicial bodies. The Intellectual Property Appellate Board…

Context: Elections bring the Election Commission of India (ECI) into sharp focus as this constitutional body superintends, directs and controls the conduct of elections. Relevance: GS-II: Polity and…

Context: The Nagaland government has decided to form a joint consultative committee (JCC) involving all traditional tribal bodies and, civil society organisations for taking an exercise to register…

Context: The Supreme Court said people are free to choose their own religion, even as it lashed out at a “very, very harmful kind” of “public interest” petition…

Context: From being lauded for their work during the pandemic to facing allegations of high-handedness, the role of the civil defence volunteers in the national capital has come…

Context: The Supreme Court agreed that a plan to appoint retired judges on an ad hoc basis to shear pendency in High Courts should not become an excuse…

Context: The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has modified the guidelines pertaining to the transfer and posting of officials in the vigilance units of government organisations, restricting their tenure…

Context: Indian President Ram Nath Kovind appointed Justice N.V. Ramana as Chief Justice of India with effect from April 24. Relevance: GS-II: Polity and Governance (Constitutional Provisions, Judiciary,…