Senior Advocate Designation Process Subject :Polity Section: Judiciary Context: The Supreme Court, commenced with the hearing of the pleas seeking modification to the extant guidelines regarding the process of designation of Senior Advocates practicing before the Supreme Court as well as the High Courts, More about the news: The Supreme Court, commenced with […]
BJP move to get Rahul Suspended: Special Probe Panel Subject : Polity Concept : The Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) has asked the Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to set up a special committee of Lok Sabha to explore whether Congress leader Rahul Gandhi should be suspended for allegedly insulting the country. Special Probe […]
Congress moves privilege motion against PM Subject : Polity Section: Parliament Concept : Congress leader KC Venugopal moved a motion of privilege against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Rajya Sabha for his alleged defamatory remarks against Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in his speech at the last Parliament session. Privilege motion Privilege motion […]
e-postal ballot for overseas Indian voters Subject : Polity Section: Election Context: The Law Minister informed the Rajya Sabha that an Election Commission proposal to facilitate Electronically-Transmitted Postal Ballot System (ETPBS) for overseas Indian voters is under discussions with the Ministry of External Affairs. What is the current process of voting by NRIs/overseas […]
The all-powerful Sri Lankan Presidency Subject :Polity Section: Constitution Context: Srilanka crisis Structure: Sri Lanka is a semi-presidential representative democratic republic, in which the President of Sri Lanka is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system. Origins of unlimited power: Since its Independence in 1948, Sri Lanka […]
Friction over formula: why some States get more from Centre Subject : Polity Section: Federalism Concept : The Centre’s tax collections are pooled-in from the states and a part of it is transferred to the states based on the formula devised by Finance Commission. 15th Finance Commission The Finance Commission (FC) is a […]
Pre- Arrest Bail / Anticipatory Bail Subject :Polity Section: Judiciary Concept : The Supreme Court agreed to hear a petition filed by the Karnataka Lokayukta challenging a Karnataka High Court order granting pre-arrest bail to BJP MLA MadalVirupakshappa, who is the main accused in an alleged caseof bribe. Bail is the conditional/provisional release […]
Foreign lawyers and firms can operate in India, says BCI Subject : Polity Section: Judiciary Concept : The Bar Council of India (BCI), which is a statutory body governing legal practice in India, has now opened up law practice in India to foreign lawyers and law firms. The BCI has formulated the “Bar […]
Governor cannot precipitate the fall of an elected govt.: SC Subject : Polity Section: Federalism Concept : The Supreme Court has held that Governors could undermine democracy if they use their constitutional office to call for a trust vote, citing dissension within a ruling party, and precipitate the fall of a legitimately established […]
OBC Panel does not have caste census data , says govt Subject : Polity Section: Msc Concept : Union government on Tuesday informed the Lok Sabha that the Justice Rohini Commission, which is looking into the subcategorisation, has been working without the data from the previous Socio Economic Caste Census (SECC) conducted in […]