Collegium sends out recommendation for appointment to 5 HC Subject: Polity Context: The Supreme Court Collegium recommended names for appointment as judges in Bombay, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Guwahati and Manipur High Courts. Appointment of HC Judges: Article 217 of the Constitution states that the Judge of a High Court shall be appointed by […]
India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (Ind-Aus ECTA) Subject: Polity With Trade pact becoming a reality, Australian Prime Minister is set to visit India. This visit is expected to further bilateral ties that received a boost from the implementation of the Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement. Ind-Aus Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement It […]
Section 6A of the Citizenship Act 1955 Subject : Polity Recently, A Constitution Bench led by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud said it will first take up for preliminary determination whether Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955 suffers from any “constitutional infirmity”. Section 6A Section 6A was a special provision inserted […]
DAC gives nod to purchase indigenous defence systems Subject: Polity Recently, DAC gave nod to purchase indigenous defence systems amounting to Rs. 4,276 crore. These include helicopter-launched Nag missiles and BrahMos cruise missile launchers for ships Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) The DAC is the highest decision-making body of the defence Ministry on procurement. […]
Delegated Legislation Subject : Polity In upholding the Centre’s 2016 decision on demonetisation, one of the key questions to decide for the Supreme Court was whether Parliament gave excessive powers to the Centre under the law to demonetise currency. While the majority ruling upheld the validity of the delegated legislation, the dissenting verdict […]
SC junks PIL challenging UCC committees in Gujarat and Uttarakhand Subject :Polity Context: The Supreme Court junked a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the decision of the Gujarat and Uttarakhand governments to set up a committee for introducing a Uniform Civil Code (UCC). Gujarat and Uttarakhand had decided to form committees for the […]
DGCA raps Air India for not reporting two more incident Subject: Polity Context: Air India did not report a second peeing incident to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) when a male passenger urinated on a vacant seat and the blanket of a female co-passenger on a Paris-Delhi flight. Directorate General of […]
Opposite parties flay EC’s remote voting plan Subject :Polity Context: At a meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law and Justice, the parties questioned the EC’s logic in remote voting plan which would increase voting percentage. Remote Voting Plan It will allow electors to vote from faraway cities without going to the […]
Governor’s Address to the State Legislature Subject :Polity Context: Governor of Tamil Nadu, R N Ravi, skipped certain portions of the text of his customary address to the state’s legislature. As a result, the Chief Minister of the state, M K Stalin, moved a resolution demanding only the original printed speech in Tamil […]