Appointment of the Election Commissioner Context: The Supreme Court, after inspecting official files recently, said the appointment of Arun Goel as Election Commissioner was done with “lightning speed”, the procedure taking less than 24 hours from start to finish. What is the procedure established? Chief […]
Uniform Civil Code Context: Gujarat has joined the list of States that have called for implementing the Uniform Civil Code (UCC). In the Constituent Assembly, there was a lot of discussion regarding whether the UCC clause should be included as a fundamental right or guiding […]
Doctrine of Pleasure Context: Arif Mohammed Khan, the governor of Kerala, and the state government disagree strongly on a number of subjects. The most recent scandal started when he asked numerous vice chancellors to quit after the Supreme Court invalidated the nomination of the vice […]
India, Democracy and the Promised Republic For Mains “To bring freedom and opportunity to the common man, to the peasants and workers of India. To fight and end poverty and ignorance and disease. To build up a prosperous, democratic and progressive nation, and to create […]
Privilege of MPs does not extend to criminal cases, says Venkaiah For Prelims What are Parliamentary Privileges? Parliamentary privileges are special rights and immunities enjoyed by members of Parliament, individually and collectively, so that they can “effectively discharge their functions”. Article 105 grants the following […]
The President is not a mere Rubber Stamp For Prelims Article 53: “the executive power of the Union shall be vested in the President and shall be exercised by him either directly or through officers subordinate to him in accordance with this Constitution.” Election of […]
Language Policy in India Context: • The Governor of Tamil Nadu has recently asserted that the Central government did not impose Hindi or any other language on Tamil Nadu at the 37th convocation of Bharathiar University. What are the Constitutional Provisions regarding language? […]
Minority Status to Communities Context: A public interest litigation (PIL) under the consideration of the Supreme Court of India challenges the power of the Centre to notify minority communities at a national level. About: The PIL explicitly challenges the constitutionality of Section 2(f) of […]
Pardoning Power of President & Governor Context: • A claim by the Centre that the President, and not the Tamil Nadu Governor, has “exclusive power” to decide on the plea for pardon by the Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict A.G. Perarivalan drew flak from the Supreme […]
Anti-defection law Context: • Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu recently stated that there was a need to amend the anti-defection legislation in the country to plug existing loopholes. About: • Individual Members of Parliament (MPs)/MLAs who desert from one party to another are subject to […]