VVPAT Subject: Polity Context: CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, in a letter to Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora, has urged the panel to carry out a 100% tally of all EVM machines with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) for the coming Assembly elections. Concept: The Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) is […]

    NALSA Subject : Polity Context : Access to justice still a challenge for millions : Justice Ramana Concept : About NALSA: It has been constituted under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, to provide free legal services to weaker sections of society. It aims to ensure that opportunities for securing justice are not […]

    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL Subject: Polity Context: AIADMK’s ally BJP promises legislative council revival in TN. Concept: Abolition or Creation – Article 169 The Parliament can abolish a legislative council (where it already exists) or create it (where it does not exist) by a simple majority, that is, a majority of the members of each […]

    RIGHT TO COUNSEL IN CUSTODY Subject : Polity Context :  National Investigation Agency (NIA) told a special court in Mumbai that the arrested assistant police inspector Sachin Waze, now suspended from Mumbai Police, was not cooperating in the probe against him and was insisting on his lawyer being present during interrogation Concept : […]