Criminalization of Politics Subject – Polity Context – Will you ban convicts from polls, SC asks Govt Concept – The criminalization of politics means the participation of criminals in politics which includes that criminals can contest in the elections and get elected as members of the Parliament and the State legislature. It takes […]

    Panchayat (Extension of the Scheduled Areas) Act 1996 Subject – Polity Context – The Chhattisgarh government has formulated draft rules under PESA Act, 1996, terming it the Chhattisgarh Panchayat Provisions (Extension of the Scheduled) Rules, 2021. Concept – The Panchayat (Extension of the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 or PESA, was enacted by the […]

    Procedure for Judicial Transfers Subject – Polity Context – The transfer of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee from the Madras High Court to the Meghalaya High Court has given rise to a controversy over the question whether judicial transfers are made only for administrative reasons or have any element of ‘punishment’ behind them. Concept […]

    Uniform Civil Code Subject – Polity Context – HC presses Centre on Uniform Civil Code Concept – The Uniform Civil Code (UCC) calls for the formulation of one law for India, which would be applicable to all religious communities in matters such as marriage, divorce, inheritance, adoption. The code comes under Article 44 of the Constitution, which lays […]