NCPCR survey on minority schools under RTE
Context: After conducting a nationwide assessment of minority schools, the National Commission of Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has recommended to the government to bring all such schools, including madarasas, under the purview of Right to Education and Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan campaign. Relevance: GS-II: Social Justice and Governance (Issues related to Education, Issues related to […]
SC: Political parties to publish candidates’ criminal records
Context: The Supreme Court warned Parliament that the nation is losing patience with the advent of criminals in politics even as it imposed fines on major political parties for covering up the criminal past of the candidates whom they had fielded in the Bihar Assembly polls in 2020. Relevance: GS-II: Polity and Constitution (Representation of […]
SC: Govt. delaying Collegium recommendations
Context: The SC Complained that the Centre’s delay, for months and years on end, to act on the recommendations of the Collegium and appoint judges to High Courts has affected the early adjudication of important cases, especially high-stake commercial issues Relevance: GS-II: Polity and Constitution (Constitutional Provisions, Indian Judiciary) Dimensions of the Article: What is […]
Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill
Context: Rajya Sabha passed The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2021, which seeks to amend the constitutional list of Scheduled Tribes as recommended by Arunachal Pradesh. Relevance: GS-II: Polity and Constitution (Constitutional Provisions), GS-II: Social Justice and Governance (Issues related to Minorities, Government Policies and Interventions) Dimensions of the Article: Definition of STs Constitutional […]
Report on rights abuse in J&K and Kashmir militancy
Context: In their latest report, former Supreme Court (SC) judge and former Kashmir interlocutor, who head the Forum for Human Rights in J&K, have warned that “human rights abuses will continue unchecked till J&K remains under a Lieutenant-Governor administration and without an elected government”. Relevance: GS-II: Polity and Constitution (Centre-State relations), GS-II: Governance (Government Policies […]
Tribunals Reforms Bill, 2021
Context: The Tribunal Reforms Bill, 2021 was passed in Lok Sabha amid opposition demanding further discussion on the Bill. Relevance: GS-II: Polity and Constitution (Constitutional Provisions, Quasi-Judicial Bodies), GS-II: Governance (Government Policies and Interventions) Dimensions of the Article: The Tribunal Reforms Bill, 2021 The Need for the Tribunal Reforms bill Key Issues with the Bill […]
SC on Section 433A and Governor’s pardoning power
Context: The Supreme Court held that the Governor of a State can pardon prisoners, including death row ones, even before they have served a minimum 14 years of prison sentence. Relevance: GS-II: Polity and Constitution (Constitutional Provisions, Union and State Executive) Dimensions of the Article: Section 433A in The Code Of Criminal Procedure, 1973 President’s […]
SC: Preventive detention only to prevent public disorder
Context: Preventive detention, the dreaded power of the State to restrain a person without trial, could be used only to prevent public disorder, the Supreme Court held in a judgment. Relevance: GS-II: Polity and Governance (Constitutional Provisions, Fundamental Rights), GS-II: Governance (Government Policies and Interventions) Dimensions of the Article: About Preventive Detention in India Criticisms […]
Law and lawmakers
Context The LDF government in Kerala has suffered a setback as it strongly favoured the withdrawal of cases against six members sought to be prosecuted for creating a ruckus in the Assembly on March 13, 2015, when they boisterously tried to interrupt the presentation of the Budget presented by the erstwhile UDF regime. Relevance: GS […]
No Parliamentary Immunity for Vandalism: SC
Context: Kerala government had appealed to the Supreme Court to withdraw a criminal case against their leaders who destroyed public property and disrupted a Budget speech on the State Assembly floor in 2015, but, the Supreme Court has rejected Kerala government’s plea. Relevance: GS-II: Polity and Constitution (Legislature, Constitutional Provisions) Dimensions of the Article: Arguments […]