Creamy Layer Subject – Polity Context – The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that economic criterion should not be the sole basis to identify sections of backward communities as ‘creamy layer’. Concept – Based on the recommendation of the Second Backward Classes Commission (Mandal Commission), the government in August, 1990 had notified 27% reservation for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBCs) in vacancies in civil posts and services that are to be filled on direct […]

    Delimitation Subject – Polity Context – The Election Commission’s (EC) former legal eagle, SK Mendiratta, has red-flagged the Union government’s order setting up a Delimitation Commission for Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Assam and Nagaland, calling it “unconstitutional” and “illegal”. Concept – Delimitation is the act of redrawing boundaries of Lok Sabha and Assembly seats to represent […]

    Cabinet Minister Arrest Procedure in India Subject – Polity Context – Three FIRs have been registered against Union Minister and Rajya Sabha member Narayan Rane, and the Maharashtra Police has sent a team to arrest him. Concept – If Parliament is not in session, a cabinet minister can be arrested by a law […]

    Parliamentary Committees Subject – Polity Context- Amid growing demands for the restoration of Statehood for Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), the Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh have been visited by members of three parliamentary committees in the past 10 days. Concept – Any subject related to these committees is dealt with Article 118 […]

    Article 370 Subject – Polity Context – War of words over Opposition’s silence on Article 370. Concept – On 5thof August 2019, the President of India promulgated the Constitution (Application to Jammu and Kashmir) Order, 2019.  The order effectively abrogates the special status accorded to Jammu and Kashmir under the provision of Article 370– whereby provisions of the Constitution which were applicable to […]

    Krishna River Water Dispute Subject – Polity Context – Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai will be soon travelling to New Delhi to discuss the legal hurdles in raising the height of the Almatti dam to 524 metres from 519 metres. Concept – The Krishna is an east-flowing river that originates at Mahabaleshwar in Maharashtra and merges with the Bay of Bengal, flowing through Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana and AP. Together with its tributaries, it forms a vast basin that covers […]