APPOINTMENT OF CEC AND EC Subject: Polity Context: Disband present EC; SC should decide criteria to appoint CEC, ECs: Congress Concept: The Election Commission shall consist of the chief election commissioner and such number of other election commissioners, if any, as the president may from time to time fix. The appointment of the […]

    ARTICLE 164 (4) Subject: Polity Context: Mamata not the first CM to lose, has to win bypoll in 6 months. Concept: Article 164(4) of the Constitution of India states that a Minister who for any period of six consecutive months is not a member of the Legislature of the State shall at the […]

    ARTICLE 311(2) (C) Subject: Polity Context: In the first such order, a J&K government teacher, who in the police records is a Tehreek-e-Hurriyat (TeH) supporter, was terminated from his services without holding any inquiry “in the interest of the security of the State”. Concept: The J&K government has constituted a Special Task Force […]

    RAJYA SABHA ELECTION CONTROVERSY Subject: Polity Context: Kerala RS polls: After Govt nudge, EC broke 25-yr tradition until HC stepped in. Concept: On March 23, a day before the Rajya Sabha elections were set to be notified, the Union Law Ministry wrote to the EC that since voting in Kerala would end April […]

    PRESIDENT RULE IN DELHI Subject: Polity Context: AAP MLA Shoaib Iqbal on Friday demanded imposition of President’s rule in Delhi in view of the massive surge in COVID-19 cases. Concept: In NCT of Delhi, President’s rule is applied on the basis of Article 239AB of the Constitution of India (as the Article 356 […]

    NCT AMENDMENT BILL 2021 Subject: Polity Context: The Ministry of Home Affairs issued a gazette notification stating that the provisions of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Act, 2021, would be deemed to have come into effect from April 27. Concept: The Bill amends the Government of National Capital Territory […]