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Contempt of Court

Why in News Recently, the Supreme Court of India suo moto initiated the proceedings for criminal contempt of court against lawyer-activist Prashant...

27 Jul 2020 Indian Polity

Safeguarding the Autonomy of Tribunals

This article is based on “Safeguarding the autonomy of tribunals” published in The Hindustan Times on 23/07/2020. It evaluates the new...

25 Jul 2020 Indian Polity

Refusal of Rajasthan Speaker’s Plea by Supreme Court

Why in News Recently, the Supreme Court (SC) has refused Rajasthan Assembly Speaker’s plea to stop the State’s High Court from deciding...

25 Jul 2020 Indian Polity

Rajya Sabha Members Facing Criminal Charges

Why in News According to an analysis by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), about 24% of the sitting Rajya Sabha members have declared...

24 Jul 2020 Indian Polity

No Postal Ballots for Above 65 in Bihar

Why in News Recently, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided against extending postal ballots to electors above 65 years of age in the...

21 Jul 2020 Indian Polity

Important Articles from Indian Constitution : Compilation Part II

THE UNION JUDICIARY Article 124 - Establishment and constitution of the Supreme Court. Context -  The Supreme Court has ruled that the...

21 Jul 2020 Indian Polity

Day 1

Citizenship This is an important topic for this year's prelims, as it has remained in the news because of the controversy over the Citizenship...

20 Jul 2020 Indian Polity

Issue of Grant of Remission to Convicts by States

Why in News Recently, the Supreme Court of India referred to a seven-judge bench the issue whether states can grant benefit of remission to convicts...

18 Jul 2020 Indian Polity

Challenge to Anti Defection Law

Why in News Recently, the 19 rebel MLAs of Rajasthan's ruling party (Congress) have filed a petition before the High Court challenging the...

18 Jul 2020 Indian Polity

Delimitation in North-east Illegal: Former EC Expert

Why in News Recently, a former legal advisor to the Election Commission (EC) has held that the Centre’s order for setting up a Delimitation...

17 Jul 2020 Indian Polity

Important Articles from Indian Constitution : Compilation Part I

Introduction The Constitution of India contains 395 articles in 22 parts. It also contains 12 schedules. Since its adoption in 1949, it has been...

16 Jul 2020 Indian Polity

Police Reforms In Indian Criminal Justice System

This article is based on the “Thoothukudi to Kanpur: The police are in the dock. Reforms must start with the political system” which...

15 Jul 2020 Indian Polity

Powers of Election Commission to Delay Polls

Why in News Recently, various political parties have voiced their concerns over holding elections in Bihar amid Covid-19 pandemic and asked to...

13 Jul 2020 Indian Polity

Disabled are Entitled to Same Benefits of SC/ST quota: SC

Why in News Recently, the Supreme Court of India observed that persons suffering from disabilities are also socially backward and entitled to the...

13 Jul 2020 Indian Polity

Andhra Pradesh Poll Panel Chief Case

Why in News Recently, the Supreme Court (SC) of India refused to pass any interim orders on the Andhra Pradesh government’s plea to stay the...

09 Jul 2020 Indian Polity

Strength of CoM in Madhya Pradesh

Why in News Recently, it has been alleged that the strength of the Council of Ministers (CoM) in Madhya Pradesh exceeds the prescribed...

04 Jul 2020 Indian Polity

Importance of Ladakh

Why in News? Recently, twenty Indian Army personnel, including the Commanding Officer lost their lives at the hands of Chinese troops in the Galwan...

03 Jul 2020 Indian Polity

Attorney General of India

Why in News The central government has extended the term of K.K. Venugopal as Attorney General (AG) for one year. Venugopal was appointed the...

01 Jul 2020 Indian Polity

Speaker and Anti-Defection Law

Why in News The ruling party crisis in Manipur has raised questions on the Speaker’s powers to disqualify under the Constitution. Key...

24 Jun 2020 Indian Polity

Anti Defection Law

This article is based on Revolving door: On Manipur politics published in The Hindu on 20/06/2020. It talks about the politics of defection in...

22 Jun 2020 Indian Polity