DELHI GOVERNMENT vs CENTRE Subject : Polity Context : The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) moved a Bill in the Lok Sabha on Monday where it proposed that the “government” in the National Capital Territory of Delhi meant the Lieutenant-Governor of Delhi. Concept : The Bill gives discretionary powers to the L-G even […]

    DEATH PENALTY Subject : Polity Context : Rarest of rare case’: IM terrorist Ariz Khan gets death penalty in Batla House encounter case. Concept : Death Penalty in the Indian Context Prior to the Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act (Cr PC) of 1955, the death penalty was the rule and life imprisonment an exception […]

    ORDINANCE Subject: Polity Context: Air quality commission shuts down after ordinance lapses. Concept: An ordinance is any law promulgated by the President in those circumstances when the Indian parliament is not in session. The ordinance making powers of the President are listed in Article 123 of the Constitution. The President has certain law-making […]

    STATE ELECTION COMMISSIONERS Subject : Polity Context : The Supreme Court held that independent persons and not bureaucrats should be appointed State Election Commissioners. Concept : It said that giving government employees the additional charge of State Election Commissioners is a “mockery of the Constitution”. The top court directed that the States should […]

    APPOINTMENT OF CBI DIRECTOR Subject : Polity Context : The Supreme Court is scheduled to consider on Friday a plea by an NGO for a direction to the Centre to immediately appoint a regular CBI director. Concept : The CBI is headed by a Director. The Director of CBI as Inspector General of […]

    NO CONFIDENCE MOTION Subject: Polity Context: The no-confidence motion moved by the Congress against the Bharatiya Janata Party-Jannayak Janta Party coalition government in Haryana on Wednesday was defeated by 55 votes to 32. Concept: A no-confidence motion is a parliamentary motion which is moved in the Lok Sabha against the entire council of […]