Right to privacy Subject – Polity Context – Parliamentary panel on data protection Bill suggests critical amendments for adoption in the winter session Concept – Right to privacy is protected as an intrinsic part of the right to life and personal liberty under Article 21 and as a part of the freedoms guaranteed […]

    Election of Deputy Speaker Subject – Polity Context – Hardoi MLA Nitin Agrawal was on Monday elected Deputy Speaker of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, which has barely five months left in its tenure. Concept – What does the Constitution say about the Deputy Speaker? Article 93 says: “The House of the People shall, […]

    Super-legislature Subject – Polity Context – Judiciary should not act as a ‘super-legislature’, says Centre Concept – A “distressed” government has taken a leaf from former United States President Franklin D Roosevelt’s speech to emphasise that the judiciary ought not act as a “super-legislature” by entertaining a challenge to the Tribunal Reforms Act. […]

    Shadow Cabinet Subject – Polity Context – A shadow foreign policy for the first time Concept – The concept of a shadow cabinet is popular in some of the western democracies such as the United Kingdom. Opposition parties form an alternative cabinet that scrutinises decisions taken by the government. The positions in such […]

    Anticipatory bail Subject – Polity Context – Anticipatory bail can be set aside: SC Concept – The Supreme Court has held that a superior court can set aside an anticipatory bail order if there was enough material to suggest that factors like gravity of the offence and the role of the accused in the crime were not considered by […]

    Public Accounts Committee(PAC) of Parliament Subject – Polity Context – Centennial celebration of the creation of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament Concept – The PAC is the oldest parliamentary committee in the Indian legislative affairs and has been crucial in upholding the principle of accountability as it exercises oversight of public […]