NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL Subject: Polity Context: A project to build a 37-floor high rise near Delhi University’s North Campus will need new environmental clearance (EC), the National Green Tribunal (NGT) was told. Concept: It is a specialised body set up under the National Green Tribunal Act (2010) for effective and expeditious disposal of […]

    India and US are one of the largest two largest democracies. India has parliamentary system whereas US has presidential system. President’s Power to Pardon in US The President of the US has the constitutional right to pardon or commute sentences related to federal crimes. The US Supreme Court has held that this power […]

    NRC Subject: Polity Context: Rongali Bihu festivities will be kept in mind while deciding the schedule for the Assam Assembly elections, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said, while clarifying that exclusion from the NRC doesn’t render one ineligible to vote. Concept: The National Register of Citizens, published in August 2019, excluded around 19 […]

    HABEAS CORPUS Subject: Polity Context: The court said this while disposing a Habeas Corpus plea filed by an MBA student seeking that a 23-year-old woman, whom he wished to marry, be produced before the court, as she had been illegally detained. Concept: According to Article 32, both the High Courts and the Supreme […]

    QUESTION HOUR & ZERO HOUR Subject: Polity Context: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said both Houses will have five-hour sessions each with Question Hour and Zero Hour. Rajya Sabha will sit from 9 am to 2 pm, and Lok Sabha from 4 pm to 9 pm. Concept: Question Hour The first hour of […]

    CHIEF INFORMATION COMMISSIONER Subject: Polity Context: Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued a notice to the government on a petition challenging a 2020 Central Information Commission (CIC) order in which the statutory body had observed that sufficient information regarding the app was already in public domain. Concept: The Chief Information Commissioner(CIC) and Information Commissioners(CI) […]

    NCLAT Subject : Polity Context : The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has ruled that the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) cannot accept a revised offer from a bidder who enters the fray late even if the offer is higher than that of other bidders that have adhered to the bidding timeline. […]