Sounding the gavel on curative jurisdiction Subject: Polity Sec: Judiciary Context: SC’s recent ruling in the DMRC-DAMEPL case may undermine India’s image regarding dispute resolution. The Delhi Metro Rail judgment: This was a decision of a three-judge Bench of the Court in a curative petition in Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (“DMRC”) vs […]

    Article 31C: Why the SC is deciding if a fundamental right still exists in a case about private property? Subject: Polity Sec: Constitution Context: The Supreme Court Constitution Bench reserved its judgment on the issue of whether private resources form part of the ‘material resource of the community’ under Article 39(b) of the […]

    Supreme Court: Article 39(b) shouldn’t be read like there is no protection for private rights Subject: Polity Sec: constitution Tag: Art 39(b), DPSP V/S FR Context: A nine-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court, which is examining the question whether private property would constitute material resources of the community as appearing in Article […]

    What Election Commission can do if normal polling process is disrupted Subject: Polity Sec: Elections Context: The Election Commission of India (EC), under Sections 58(2) and 58A(2) of the Representation of People Act, 1951 (RPA), declared void the poll on April 19, in 11 polling stations of Manipur, and 8 polling stations of […]

    Center releases disaster relief funds for Karnataka and Tamil Nadu Subject: Polity Sec: National Body Context: The Union government has ordered the release of ₹3,730.32 crore towards “relief assistance for natural calamity” from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) to states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. More on news: An order by the […]

    A long way from 1984: when SC junked ECI’s first EVM experiment Subject: Polity Sec: Elections Context: The Supreme Court on Friday put the stamp of its unequivocal approval on electronic voting machines (EVMs). More on news: Forty years ago, when a voting machine was first used at the Parur Assembly constituency in […]

    SLU, ‘matchbox’ that feeds EVM candidate info Subject: Polity Sec: Elections Context: While rejecting the plea for 100% verification of Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips against the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) count, the Supreme Court on Friday directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to “seal and secure” the Symbol Loading […]