Remission of prisoners Subject: Polity / Governance Context: Centre went against own guidelines in release of Bilkis Bano case convicts. Concept: Special Remission Scheme As part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations, special remission was granted to a certain category of prisoners. These prisoners would be released in three phases. Union Government […]
Judicial comity over arithmetic Subject: Polity Context: Recently a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court has unanimously held that a judgment delivered by a larger Bench will prevail over the decision of a smaller Bench, irrespective of the number of judges constituting the majority in the larger Bench. Mechanism of functioning of benches: […]
Centre pitches Uniform Civil Code to Supreme Court Subject :Polity Context: The Centre in its response to petitions filed in the apex court seeking uniformity in laws governing matters of divorce, succession and inheritance and adoption and guardianship for all irrespective of gender and religion pitches for Uniform Civil Code. What is the […]
TN Assembly passes resolution against Hindi imposition Subject :Polity Context: The Tamil Nadu Assembly on Tuesday adopted a resolution against imposition of Hindi language and urged the Central Government not to implement recommendations of the report of the Parliamentary committee on Official Language. What is the issue: Recently the 11th volume of the […]
Court vs Court Subject :Polity Context: Recently SC ordered suspending Bombay HC’s acquittal of GN Saibaba Case. The order was stayed at an emergency hearing on Saturday, one day after the former professor and five others had been acquitted for having Maoist links. What is GN Saibaba Case: GN Saibaba, who is 90% […]
Child Marriage Subject :Polity What is Child Marriage: According to Indian laws Child marriage is a marriage where either the woman is below age of 18years or the man is below the age of 21 years. Some Findings about Child Marriage: NFHS-5 data of 2019-20 reported an underage marriage to about 23%, which […]