News: Report Card on the Performance of Information Commissions in India has been released Facts: About the Study The ‘Report Card on the Performance of Information Commissions in India’ was prepared by the Satark Nagrik Sangathan and the Centre for Equity Studies. It analysed information from 22 commissions, which disposed of almost 1.17 lakh cases… Continue reading Right to Information Act
Category: Polity
Parliamentary committees
News:Parliamentary Committee on Finance has agreed to deliberate on the state of economy as the first subject to be taken up at its next meeting on October 17,2019. Facts: What are Parliamentary committees? The Parliamentary committees are established to study and deal with various matters that cannot be directly handled by the legislature due to… Continue reading Parliamentary committees
Task force to improve India’s rights record
News:Government is forming a task force to prepare a National Action Plan on Human Rights(NAPHR) as mandated under the UN Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC) Universal Periodic Review(UPR). Facts: About Universal Periodic Review(UPR): UPR is a state-driven process under UN Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC). It provides opportunities to member states to declare what actions they have… Continue reading Task force to improve India’s rights record
The Lord as a juristic person:What legal rights do deities enjoy?
News:Among the parties in the Ayodhya title suit appeals, Lord Ram is considered as a litigant in court since he is considered as a juristic person. Facts: Who is a juristic person? A juristic person as opposed to a natural person(human being) is an entity whom the law vests with a personality. In the Shiromani… Continue reading The Lord as a juristic person:What legal rights do deities enjoy?
Explained: What are ‘A, B’ forms & why they are crucial
News:Candidates aspiring to contest upcoming assembly elections on the ticket of a political party are required to submit various documents and forms.The most important documents are Form A and Form B. Facts: About Forms: Form A and Form B denotes that a certain candidate has been approved by a political party and should be allotted… Continue reading Explained: What are ‘A, B’ forms & why they are crucial
Section 144
News:Maharashtra Police has imposed section 144 in Aarey Colony banning unlawful assembly following strong protests by activists against the felling of trees in the green zone for a Metro car shed. Facts: Section 144: Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) is imposed when there are apprehensions of breach of public peace and… Continue reading Section 144
Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS)
News:Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions has launched the Centralized Public Grievances Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) reforms in the Department of Posts. Facts: About CPGRAMS: Centralized Public Grievances Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) is a web based application that facilitates ministries or departments to receive, forward and monitor grievances. The system… Continue reading Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS)
Process on to commute Rajoana sentence: MHA
News:The process to commute the death sentence of Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted for killing former Punjab chief minister is underway. Facts: Pardoning powers of the President: Indian President is empowered with the power to pardon under Article 72 of the Indian Constitution. Article 72:Article 72 says that the President shall have the power to grant… Continue reading Process on to commute Rajoana sentence: MHA
Parichay
News:Recently,five law schools of the country have jointly launched a legal aid clinic called Parichay. Facts: About Parichay: Parichay which means identity aims to help people excluded from the National Register of Citizens (NRC) by helping them to appeal before the foreigners tribunals. It is envisaged to function as a clearing house of litigation and… Continue reading Parichay
Explained: Why Amit Shah wants to amend the Citizenship Act before undertaking countrywide NRC
News:Union Home Minister has said that the government would first amend the existing citizenship norms by passing the Citizenship Amendment Bill before it implements a nationwide National Register of Citizens (NRC) Facts: About Citizenship amendment bill,2016: The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill amends the Citizenship Act, 1955.It seeks to make illegal migrants who are Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists,… Continue reading Explained: Why Amit Shah wants to amend the Citizenship Act before undertaking countrywide NRC
