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Andhra Pradesh to Scrap Legislative Council
Why in News The Andhra Pradesh (AP) assembly has passed a resolution to abolish the state’s Legislative Council. The Andhra Pradesh...
28 Jan 2020 Indian Polity
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This article is based on “The four phases of constitutional interpretation” which was published in The Hindu on 27/01/2020. It talks...
27 Jan 2020 Indian Polity
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Freedom of Speech and Expression on Social Media
Why in News The High Court of Tripura has held that posting on social media was virtually the same as a fundamental right applicable to all...
24 Jan 2020 Indian Polity
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Proposal for Guidelines to Execute Death Penalty
Why in News The Central government has filed a petition before the Supreme Court, seeking a time limit of seven days for death row convicts to file...
23 Jan 2020 Indian Polity
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Why in News India has slipped 10 places in the 2019 Democracy Index to 51st position. In 2018, India was ranked at 41. The Democracy Index (began...
23 Jan 2020 Indian Polity
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Disqualification Powers of Speakers
Why in News The Supreme Court has recently held that disqualification petitions under the tenth schedule should be adjudicated by a mechanism...
22 Jan 2020 Indian Polity
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The Big Picture- Article 131 - Special Powers of Supreme Court
Recently, the Kerala government filed a civil lawsuit in the Supreme Court (SC) challenging the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) 2019, under the...
21 Jan 2020 Indian Polity
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Introduction A pressure group is a group of people who are organised actively for promoting and defending their common interest. It is called so,...
16 Jan 2020 Indian Polity
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Why in News A four party agreement among the Centre, Mizoram Government, Tripura Government and Mizoram Bru Displaced People’s Forum (MBDPF)...
16 Jan 2020 Indian Polity
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16 Jan 2020 Indian Polity
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Kerala Challenges Constitutionality of CAA
Why in News Kerala has become the first state to move the Supreme Court challenging the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 - CAA, 2019. The...
15 Jan 2020 Indian Polity
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Why in News The Supreme Court has recently held that a citizen’s right to own private property is a human right. The case was of an...
13 Jan 2020 Indian Polity
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SC’s Verdict on Curbs Imposed in J&K
Why in News The Supreme Court has recently given its ruling on the Kashmir lockdown and communications shutdown cases. The cases were also...
11 Jan 2020 Indian Polity
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States’ Prerogative to Provide 10% Reservation
Why in News Recently, the Centre informed the Supreme Court that it would be the States’ prerogative to provide 10% economic reservation in...
10 Jan 2020 Indian Polity
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Why in News Recently the two Nirbhaya case convicts have filed Curative petitions in the Supreme Court. Earlier, the convicts had filed a mercy...
10 Jan 2020 Indian Polity
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State can Regulate Minority Institutions: SC
Why in News Recently, the Supreme Court held that the state has the rights to introduce a regulatory regime in the national interest to provide...
07 Jan 2020 Indian Polity
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Why in News There has been growing demand to include Tulu in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution. At present, Tulu is not an official language...
07 Jan 2020 Indian Polity
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This article is based on “What is the Maharashtra-Karnataka tussle over Belagavi all about?” which was published in The Hindu on...
06 Jan 2020 Indian Polity
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Context Over the recent enactment of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), massive protests were held in the North-eastern states and several...
03 Jan 2020 Indian Polity
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This article is based on “Creamy layer principle in SC, ST quota for promotion: judgments, appeals” which was published in The Indian...
30 Dec 2019 Indian Polity
