UNIFORM CIVIL CODE Subject : Polity Context : Chief Justice of India S A Bobde on Saturday hailed Goa’s uniform civil code and said the state already has what the framers of the Constitution envisaged for the whole of India. Concept : What is UCC? The Uniform Civil Code (UCC) calls for the […]

    NCLAT Subject : Polity Context : Relief for Tata Group; SC sets aside NCLAT order restoring Cyrus Mistry as executive chairman. Concept : National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) It was constituted under Section 410 of the Companies Act, 2013 for hearing appeals against the orders of National Company Law Tribunal. NCLAT is […]

    CONCURRENT LIST Subject : Polity Context : Health should be shifted to the Concurrent list under the Constitution, and a developmental finance institution (DFI) dedicated to healthcare investments set up, Fifteenth Finance Commission Chairman N.K. Singh said on Friday. Concept : Article 246 adopts a threefold distribution of legislative power between the Union […]

    ELECTORAL BONDS Subject : Polity Context : Electoral Bonds Won’t Be Stopped, Says Supreme Court Ahead Of State Polls.The court said it is not only the ruling party that is always the beneficiary of electoral bonds. Concept : Electoral Bond is a financial instrument for making donations to political parties. The bonds are […]

    NATIONAL JUDICIAL DATA GRID Subject : Polity Context : According to the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG), a government platform monitoring judicial data, backlog of cases in district courts saw a sharp increase of 18.2 per cent between December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2020. Concept : The National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG) […]

    APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES Subject : Polity Context : The Supreme Court asked the government to clarify on the status of 55 recommendations made by the Collegium for judicial appointments to High Courts six months to nearly a year-and-a-half ago. Concept : Appointment of Judges Article 124(2) says that the President of India Shall […]