Under It Act govt must share blocking reasons Subject: Polity Context: Twitter has challenged 39 blocking orders issued by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology in 2021 in Karnataka High Court. While a provision under the Information Technology Act, 2000, empowers the government to order the blocking of access to online content, […]
EC model code of conduct proposal Subject: Polity Context: Recently the political parties have responded to the Election Commission (EC) on the poll panel’s proposal to amend the Model Code of Conduct to guide political parties to disclose how they plan to finance promises made in election manifestos and assess the impact on […]
The Law against Sexual Harassment in India Subject: Polity Context: A single judge bench of Delhi High Court of Justice Sanjeev Narula, in its judgment held that the intent of rule 7(6) of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Rules is to disallow a legal practitioner from representing […]
Centre cancels FCRA licence of Rajiv Gandhi Foundation Subject :Polity Context: Recently, theMinistry of Home Affairs has cancelled the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) licence of Rajiv Gandhi Foundation (RGF) and Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust (RGCT) for alleged violations of the provisions of the Act. What is FCRA: The law sought to regulate […]
Ordinance to hike SC and ST reservation gets Gov nod Subject :Polity Context :Karnataka governor Thawarchand Gehlot gave his assent to the state government’s ordinance to increase the quota of the Scheduled Caste (SC) and the Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities in jobs and the education sector. Concept : Passage of the ordinance increases […]