Bengaluru woman goes to Delhi HC to stop friend’s euthanasia trip to Europe Subject: Polity Section :Constitution Context: A 49-year-old woman from Bengaluru wants the court to stop her friend, a Noida-based 48-year-old man with a debilitating health condition, from travelling to Europe allegedly to undergo assisted suicide or euthanasia — an option […]

    Essential Commodities Act Subject: Polity Section :Act Context: To rein in tur dal price surge, Centre invokes Essential Commodities Act Concept: Essential Commodities Act The ECA was enacted way back in 1955. It has since been used by the Government to regulate the production, supply and distribution of a whole host of commodities […]

    HC abolishes Karnataka ACB under state govt, shifts cases to Lokayukta Subject :Polity Section: Constitutional bodies Context: The court said it is “high time” the state government strengthened the institution of Lokayukta and Upa-Lokayukta and got back their “glory”. It observed that the institution of Lokayukta has been reduced to being “paper tigers” […]

    Dowry harassment, rioting, use of obscene words made compoundable offences in M.P. Subject :Polity  Context: Former President Ram Nath Kovind on the advice of the Union Home Ministry in June assented to a 2019 legislation passed by the Madhya Pradesh Assembly that makes the criminal offences of dowry harassment, rioting and use of […]

    Justice U.U. Lalit appointed 49th Chief Justice of India Subject :Polity Section: Judiciary Context: Justice Uday Umesh Lalit was appointed the 49th Chief Justice of India (CJI) on Wednesday after President Droupadi Murmu signed his warrant of appointment. Concept: In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (2) of Article 124 of the […]