ANTICIPATORY BAIL Subject: Polity Context: SC stays Allahabad HC order granting anticipatory bail over fear of death due to Covid. Concept: Anticipatory Bail Section 438 (anticipatory bail) of the Code of Criminal Procedure deals with direction for grant of bail to a person apprehending arrest. It states that when any person has reason […]

    SC RULING ON CREDITORS INVOKING PERSONAL GUARANTEES Subject: Polity Context: Recently, the Supreme Court has ruled that creditors can proceed against promoters of defaulting companies to recover debt if such promoters have given personal guarantees to secure funds. Concept: The SC has said is that mere approval of a resolution plan for a […]

    CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTION TO GOVERNOR & PRESIDENT Subject: Polity Context: Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday said he was left “stunned” after Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Kalyan Banerjee told reporters that he had urged party workers to file police complaints against the governor so that action can be taken against him after he leaves office. […]

    SC COLLEGIUM SYSTEM Subject: Polity Context: SC Collegium recommends elevation of Justice Sanjay Yadav as Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court. Concept: Collegium system was born through “three judges’ case”and it is in practice since 1998. It consists of the Chief Justice of India and four most senior judges of Supreme Court for […]

    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL Subject: Polity Context: The West Bengal government will set up a Legislative Council (VidhanParishad), as per a decision taken up at the Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday. Concept: Historical background: Legislatures with two Houses (bicameral) have a long history in India. The Montagu-Chelmsford reforms led to […]