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In abeyance of Section 124A, a provisional relief

News: Recently, In Supreme Court of India in S.G. Vombatkere vs Union of India has directed governments, both at the level of the Union and the States, to keep “all pending trials, appeals and proceedings” arising out of a charge framed under Section 124A “in abeyance”. Contents1 About Section 124A2 Argument against the provision3 Argument in… Continue reading In abeyance of Section 124A, a provisional relief

Don’t play politics with Covid death numbers, let’s learn from them

News: Recently, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has attempted to measure the cost of the Covid-19 pandemic across the world. This has been done through the estimation of excess deaths. What is the excess death measure? Registered deaths during the pandemic are compared to an average of registered deaths before the pandemic (baseline estimates) to… Continue reading Don’t play politics with Covid death numbers, let’s learn from them

Actions that corrode the steel frame of India

News: Recently, a group of retired civil servants’ known as the Constitutional Conduct Group (CCG) sent an ‘open letter’ to the Prime Minister. They appealed for an end to the politics of hate and violence against minorities, particularly Muslims. However, the allegations were rejected by another group of civil servants known as the Concerned Citizens (CC).… Continue reading Actions that corrode the steel frame of India

WHO’s Methodology Has Been Robust’ 

News: Recently, the World Health Organisation estimated the excess mortality caused by the pandemic  Contents1 What is the scope of WHO’s estimate? 2 India’s institutional measures for recording death 3 What are the issues in the estimation of excess mortality?4 Why WHO approach and its estimation about the bulk of the excess deaths in 2021 is correct? 5… Continue reading WHO’s Methodology Has Been Robust’ 

Why the sedition law must go 

News: Most recently, the Supreme Court directed the Union government and the states to refrain from using the law of sedition. In addition, the Supreme Court has also kept all previous cases under Section 124A of the IPC in abeyance till the matter is reconsidered in a comprehensive way.   Argument against the Sedition law  The… Continue reading Why the sedition law must go 

With delimitation over, a look at the slate for J&K 

News: In recent, the Delimitation Commission awards for redrawn map for Jammu and Kashmir’s Assembly has been notified.   Background  The State’s Assembly had been dissolved. It was under President’s rule. Thereafter, the State of J&K had been divided into two Union Territories under the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019. And fresh elections could be… Continue reading With delimitation over, a look at the slate for J&K 

The India hypertension control initiative

News: A project called the India Hypertension Control Initiative (IHCI) finds that nearly 23% out of 2.1 million Indians have uncontrolled blood pressure. Contents1 What is Hypertension?2 What is the IHCI?3 What has the IHCI found so far?4 How prevalent is the problem of hypertension? What is Hypertension? Hypertension was defined as having systolic blood… Continue reading The India hypertension control initiative

On the question of notifying minorities

News: A public interest litigation (PIL) under the consideration of the Supreme Court of India has challenged the power of the Centre to notify minority communities at a national level. Contents1 Who are the minority communities at national level?2 Who is a minority and who decides that?3 What does the PIL argue?4 How has the… Continue reading On the question of notifying minorities

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