Subject: Polity Context: New consumer protection act comes into force today. Concept: The newly enacted Consumer Protection Act replacing more than three decades old Consumer Protection Act, 1986. The new Consumer Protection Act 2019 seeks to revamp the process of administration and settlement of consumer disputes, with strict penalties, including jail term for adulteration and […]
Subject:Polity Context: The Supreme Court has said that government has the responsibility to uphold the law while hearing a plea connection with the death of gangster Vikas Dubey. Concept: The concept of equality before law is an element of the concept of Rule of Law, propounded by A.V. Dicey, the British jurist. His concept has […]
Subject:Polity Context: The government has come out with the modalities for contributions to the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF). Concept: As per Section 46(1)(b) of the Disaster Management (DM) Act, 2005, receipt of contributions and grants from any person or institution for the purpose of disaster management in the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) can […]
Subject: Polity Context: Recent defection trial in Rajasthan has brought to light importance of anti-defection law. Concept: A constitutional challenge to the Tenth Schedule was settled by the apex court in KihotoHollohan case. The principal question before the Supreme Court in the case was whether the powerful role given to the Speaker violated the doctrine […]
Subject: Polity Context: A former legal advisor to the Election Commission (EC) has red-flagged the Centre’s order to set up a Delimitation Commission for Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Assam and Nagaland and called it “unconstitutional” and “illegal”. Reasons In the last delimitation exercise, completed in 2008, Arunachal, Manipur, Assam, Nagaland were kept out due to apprehensions over use […]