Current Affairs 14 October 2022

CONTENTS

1. SC delivers split verdict on Karnataka hijab ban
2. Bijoe Emmanuel case
3. Section 66A of IT Act
4. Next-Gen Launch Vehicle
5. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

SC Delivers Split Verdict On Karnataka Hijab Ban

Context:

The Supreme Court delivered a split verdict on whether Muslim students should shed their hijabs at their school gates.

Relevance:

GS II: Polity and Governance

Dimensions of the Article:

1. About Split verdict
2. Earlier cases with a split verdict
3. How is religious freedom protected under the Constitution?
4. How have courts ruled so far on the issue of a hijab?

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Bijoe Emmanuel Case

Context:

The Supreme Court delivered a split verdict in the Karnataka hijab ban case, directing the matter to be placed before the Chief Justice of India for appropriate directions.

• While Justice Hemant Gupta dismissed the appeals challenging the Karnataka High Court order, Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia allowed them.
• In his judgment, Justice Dhulia referred to the Bijoe Emmanuel case, saying it “squarely covers the issue”.

Relevance:

GS II: Polity and Governance

Dimensions of the Article:

1. Bijoe Emmanuel verdict
2. What was the case?
3. What else did the court say?

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Section 66A of IT Act

Context:

Recently, the Supreme Court directed that no person should be prosecuted under Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, which has been struck down.

Relevance:

GS II: Polity and Governance

Dimensions of the Article:

1. Details
2. About Section 66A of IT Act
3. Objections to Section 66A
4. What is the IT Act?
5. Amendment to the IT Act

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Next-Gen Launch Vehicle

Context:

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is developing a Next-Gen Launch Vehicle (NGLV), which will one day replace operational systems like the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV).

Relevance:

GS III: Science and Technology

Dimensions of the Article:

1. About Next-Gen Launch Vehicle
2. What are the launch vehicles used by ISRO?

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Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

Context:

In a first providing empirical evidence, a study conducted on the impact of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) during the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed that the wages earned under the Act helped people compensate between 20% and 80% of the income loss incurred because of the lockdown.

• The report also said that around 39% all job card-holding households interested in working under the MGNREGA did not get a single day of work in the year 2020-21.

Relevance:

GS-II: Social Justice and Governance (Health and Poverty related issues, Government Interventions and Policies, Issues arising out of the design and implementation of Government Policies)

Dimensions of the Article:

1. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)
2. How MGNREGA came to be?
3. Features of MGNREGA
4. Objectives of MGNREGA

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