Din in RS over private member’s Bill Subject: Polity Section: Parliament Opposition stages protest against Bills on Uniform Civil Code, repeal of the Places of Worship Act The Places of Worship Act The 1991 law was enacted to freeze the status of all places of worship in the country as on August 15, […]
Govt: No proposal to increase SC, HC judges’ retirement age Subject :Polity Section: Judiciary Context: Recently Attorney General had stressed that the need to increase the retirement age of Judges. Why increase retirement age? Huge pendency of cases Concept : The idea of increasing the age of retirement for judges has been mooted […]
Women have right to safe abortion: SC Subject : Polity Section: Fundamental right Context: The Supreme Court recently held in an order that denying an unmarried woman the right to a safe abortion violates her personal autonomy and freedom. Concept : The law could not be used to quench “notions of social morality” […]
Food security for migrant workers Subject: Polity Section: Fundamental Rights The Supreme Court on Thursday told the Centre and the State governments that no citizen should die of hunger, and food should reach the homes of every migrant worker States that right to food was a fundamental right under Article 21 of the […]
What is India’s law on abortion, and why has a pregnant unmarried petitioner gone to Supreme Court in appeal? Subject :Polity Section: Judiciary Context: A 25-year-old pregnant woman moved the Supreme Court on Tuesday (July 19) seeking an abortion after the Delhi High Court declined her plea last week. The woman has also […]