Source: Indian Express What is the News? Lok Sabha has unanimously passed the Constitution (127th Amendment) Bill, 2021. About Constitution (127th Amendment) Bill, 2021: Main Purpose of the Bill: The Bill amends the Constitution to allow states and union territories to prepare their own list of socially and educationally backward classes. Key Provisions of the… Continue reading Lok Sabha passes Constitution amendment Bill to restore states’ powers on OBC list
Category: Factly: Polity and Nation
This category contains all Current Affairs Factly Articles for Prelims, related to the Polity and Nation. You can find all relevant Polity and Nation updates on this page. This page is specifically useful for UPSC Prelims exam.
Union Home Minister chaired the 36th meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Official Language
Source: PIB What is the News? The Union Home Minister has chaired the 36th meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Official Language. About Parliamentary Committee on Official Language: The Parliamentary Committee on Official Language was set up in 1976 under section 4 of the Official Languages Act,1963. Mandate: The Committee shall review the progress made… Continue reading Union Home Minister chaired the 36th meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Official Language
No authority can force RTI applicant to submit ID: Panel
Source: TOI What is the news? In a landmark order in a case, the state information commission (SIC) Haryana has made it clear that no authority in the state can force an RTI applicant to apply in a particular format or submit identity proof with the application. Background As per the case, an advocate had filed an RTI before… Continue reading No authority can force RTI applicant to submit ID: Panel
Threat to human rights is highest in police stations: CJI
Source: Indian Express, The Hindu and Times of India Contents1 What is the News?2 What is Custodial Violence?3 Reasons for Custodial Violence:4 Other Facts Mentioned in the Article: What is the News? The Chief Justice of India while addressing an event organised by National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) has said, “the threat to human rights… Continue reading Threat to human rights is highest in police stations: CJI
Governor’s pardon power overrides 433A: SC
Source: The Hindu What is the News? Section 433A mandates that a prisoner’s sentence can be remitted only after 14 years of jail. Recently, the Supreme Court has observed that the power of the Governor under Article 161 of the Constitution to commute a sentence or to pardon will override the restrictions imposed under Section… Continue reading Governor’s pardon power overrides 433A: SC
No DNA test if there is no proof of adultery: Supreme Court
Source: TOI Contents1 What is the News?2 What was the case?3 What did the Supreme Court say?4 Section 497 of IPC: What is the News? The Supreme Court has said that DNA tests cannot be ordered to establish the legitimacy of a child born during the subsistence of a marriage if there is no primary… Continue reading No DNA test if there is no proof of adultery: Supreme Court
Revaluation of Minority Commission
Source: PIB About National Commission of Minorities(NCM): National Commission for Minorities (NCM) is a statutory body set up in 1993 under the National Commission for Minorities(NCM) Act, 1992. Section 2 of the NCM Act stipulates that ‘Minority’ for the purposes of the Act means a community notified as such by the Central Government. Initially, five… Continue reading Revaluation of Minority Commission
Preventive detention only to forestall public disorder: SC
Source: The Hindu What is the News? The Supreme Court has ruled that the provision for preventive detention cannot be invoked over apprehension of law and order problems. Furthermore, it said a person can be detained only in cases where public order is directly affected. What was the case? The judgment came on an appeal… Continue reading Preventive detention only to forestall public disorder: SC
Social Audit of Social Sector Schemes
Source: PIB Contents1 What is the News?2 What is Social Audit?3 Origin of Social Audits in India:4 Benefits of Social Audit: What is the News? The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has formulated a scheme called Information-Monitoring, Evaluation and Social Audit(I-MESA) in Financial Year 2021-22. Under this scheme, Social Audits are to be conducted… Continue reading Social Audit of Social Sector Schemes
SC: Why keep inmates entitled to remission of sentence in jails?
Source: Times of India Contents1 About the news:2 About Prison Status in India:3 Other key observations by the Supreme Court:4 How Supreme Court is reducing overcrowding in prisons during the pandemic? About the news: Recently, a Supreme Court bench comprising the Chief Justice of India expressed disappointment over the efforts of legal services authorities (LSA’s),… Continue reading SC: Why keep inmates entitled to remission of sentence in jails?
