News Excerpt The Chhattisgarh government recently filed a petition, citing Article 131 to challenge the Constitutional validity of the National Investigation Act, 2008. The petition contends that the NIA Act is ultra vires the Constitution and beyond the legislative competence of Parliament. Doctrine of Colourable Legislation This doctrine is based on the principle that what cannot […]
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News Excerpt The Union Cabinet recently approved a six-month extension in the tenure of the commission to examine sub-categorisation of Other Backward Classes (OBC), which had been appointed in 2017 with the initial deadline of 12 weeks. Pre-Connect The Cabinet has also approved an addition to the commission’s terms of referencee now the commission will also study
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News Excerpt Union Home Minister Amit Shah is going to lead a Group of Ministers (GoM) as they seek to dispose of what is believed to be 9,400 ‘enemy properties’, with a total estimated value of Rs 1 lakh crore. Sale of Shares Of Enemy Property The Cabinet in November 2018 had given its
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News Excerpt Union Home Minister Amit Shah is going to lead a Group of Ministers (GoM) as they seek to dispose of what is believed to be 9,400 ‘enemy properties’, with a total estimated value of Rs 1 lakh crore. Sale of Shares Of Enemy Property The Cabinet in November 2018 had given its
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News Excerpt The Union Cabinet has approved the amendments to the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act, 1971, which will help strengthen women’s reproductive rights and prevent unsafe abortions along with giving its nod to extend the upper gestation limit for abortion from the existing 20 weeks to 24 weeks. Need for Amendment The
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The case starts with an 80-year-old woman whose 3.34 hectare of land was forcefully taken over by the government of Himachal Pradesh in 1967 for a road construction. The Court used its extraordinary jurisdiction under Article 136 and Article 142 of the Constitution to direct the government to pay the woman a compensation of 1
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Right to Protest Public protests are the hallmark of a free and democratic society that is based on the logic that the elected government should take into account the voice of the people and that any decision should only be taken after proper discussion and consultation. When a nation is to develop holistically, not only
The Tenth Schedule, originally inserted in the Indian Constitution in 1985, has a chequered history. But there appears to be a growing consensus that it has failed to achieve its objective of curbing opportunistic defections from one political party to another. A more accurate manner of putting it, perhaps, is that it has controlled
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What is Good Governance Index? The Good Governance Index (GGI) has been brought out by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions to determine Governance status in the country as it exists today and the reference level for the future will also be set. It was launched on the occasion of Good Governance Day. The Good
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The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Sixth Amendment) Bill, 2019 was introduced in Lok Sabha by the Minister of Law and Justice, Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad, on December 9, 2019. The Bill amends provisions related to reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs). The Constitution provides for reservation of seats for
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