Category: Factly: Polity and Nation

Source: The post is based on the article “Election Commission declares 253 RUPPs as inactive – bars them from availing benefits of the Symbol Order, 1968” published in The Hindu on 14th September 2022. What is the News? Election Commission of India has delisted 86 non-existent Registered Unrecognized Political Parties(RUPPs) and declared additional 253 as… Continue reading Election Commission declares 253 RUPPs as inactive – bars them from availing benefits of the Symbol Order, 1968

Source: The post is based on the article “Allahabad HC quashes UP govt orders notifying 17 OBC sub-castes as SC” published in The Hindu on 3rd September 2022. What is the News? The Allahabad High Court has quashed Uttar Pradesh government orders through which 17 sub-castes from Other Backward Classes (OBC) were notified as Schedule… Continue reading Allahabad HC quashes UP govt orders notifying 17 OBC sub-castes as SC

Source: The post is based on the article “Supreme Court’s three-question test for validity of 10% EWS quota” published in The Hindu on 13th September 2022. What is the News? The Supreme Court will examine whether The Constitution (103rd Amendment) Act, which introduced a 10% quota for Economically Weaker Sections(EWS) in government jobs and admissions… Continue reading Supreme Court’s three-question test for validity of 10% EWS quota

Source: The post is based on the article “Can civil servants express their views on law, governance?” published in The Hindu on 2nd September 2022. What is the News? A senior IAS officer from Telangana tweeted from her personal account in support of Ms. Bilkis Bano and questioned the Gujarat government’s decision of releasing 11… Continue reading Can civil servants express their views on law, governance?

Source: The post is based on the article “There will be at least one Constitution Bench in the Supreme Court throughout the year: CJI U.U. Lalit” published in The Hindu on 26th August 2022. What is the News? Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, 49th Chief Justice of India (CJI), assured there will be at least one… Continue reading There will be at least one Constitution Bench in the Supreme Court throughout the year: CJI U.U. Lalit

Source: The post is based on the article “Revisiting the S. Subramaniam Balaji vs Tamil Nadu judgment” published in The Hindu on 28th August 2022. What is the News? The Supreme Court has decided to reconsider the S. Subramaniam Balaji vs Tamil Nadu 2013 judgment which held that promises in the election manifesto do not… Continue reading Revisiting the S. Subramaniam Balaji vs Tamil Nadu judgment