SC to examine pleas on electoral bond scheme today Subject :Polity Section : Elections Context: The Supreme Court is going to examine whether petitions challenging the validity of electoral bonds scheme need to be referred to a Constitution Bench. The petitions, which have been in limbo for about eight years, allege that the […]
Attorney General raises serious objections to filing of petitions in SC against States’ religious conversion laws Subject: Polity Section: Constitution Context: Attorney General R. Venkataramani on Monday in the Supreme Court raised serious objections to petitions being filed in the Supreme Court against various States’ religious conversion laws. Details: The case concerns anti-conversion enactments […]
Project 39 A Subject :Polity Section: Constitution According to the Annual Death Penalty Report, 2022 by Project 39A, a criminal reforms advocacy group with the National Law University, Delhi. trial courts awarded 165 death sentences in 2022, the highest in over two decades. Details: In September last year, a three-judge bench headed by […]
The Justice G. Rohini led commission for the subcategorization of other backward classes (OBCs) has been given yet another extension in its tenure by the President Subject :Polity Section: Constitution The commission, formed in October 2017, was initially given 12 weeks to finish the task of subcategorising the nearly 3,000 castes within the […]
SC presses need for reform on tedious bail processes Subject: Polity Section :Constitution Concept: At a recent conference in Varanasi, Justice Kaul said the inflow of bail and remission cases to the Supreme Court was so high that “some kind of revolution” or “out of the box thinking” would be required on the […]
FSSAI notifies financial regulations, to form finance committee Subject : Polity Section : National body Concept : The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) notified financial regulations on Friday. Food Safety and Standards Authority of India Fund. According to the FSSAI (Finance) Regulations, 2023, it will maintain a Food Safety and […]