HC asks Centre to file ‘exhaustive’ reply on Fund Subject :Polity Context: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday expressed displeasure at the Centre over its single-page reply on a petition seeking to declare PMCARES Fund as a ‘State’ under the Constitution to ensure transparency in its functioning. In India, fundamental rights guaranteed by […]
Bail law and SC call for reform Subject :Polity Section: Fundamental Rights Context:Recently, the Supreme Court underlined that “there is a pressing need” for reform in the law related to bail and called on the government to consider framing special legislation on the lines of the law in the United Kingdom. What is […]
Forest (Conservation) Rules 2022 Subject :Polity Context: Recently, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has issued the Forest (Conservation) Rules, 2022. Key Provisions Formation of Committees: It constituted an Advisory Committee, a regional empowered committee at each of the integrated regional offices and a screening committee at State/Union Territory (UT) government-level. […]
Pressing need for law in India to streamline grant of bails, says SC Subject :Polity Section : constitution Context: Supreme Court on Monday said“ there is a pressing need” for a bail law in the country to “streamline the grant of bails” Bail denotes provisional release of accused in Criminal Case in which […]
SC sentences Mallya to four months in jail Subject :Polity Section : Judiciary Context: The Supreme Court, on Monday, sentenced fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya to four months in jail for committing contempt of court. Content: The bench said the fine shall be deposited in the apex court registry within four weeks and upon […]
Parliamentary Consultative Committee Subject: Polity Context: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday gave a presentation on the Agnipath scheme of recruitment to the armed forces to the Parliamentary Consultative Committee. About Consultative Committees: These are attached to the various ministries/department of the Central government Its membership encompasses members of both the houses. The […]
States discuss issues of river water sharing, women’s safety, fast-track courts with Home Minister during a meeting of the Northern Zonal Council Subject :Polity Section: Federalism Amit Shah on Thursday unveiled the ‘Statue of Peace’ of philosopher and social reformer Ramanujacharya in Sonawar What are Zonal Councils? About: Zonal Councils are the statutory […]