Why in News- The Supreme Court has directed States and other authorities not to delay their decision on mercy petitions filed by death row convicts, to avoid the condemned persons from gaining any advantage or benefit from the holdup. The order was based on an appeal by the State of Maharashtra against a Bombay High Court decision to commute ... .Read more
Updated on 15 April, 2023 GS2 Polity Governance Social issues & Justice Current Affairs
Why in News- Following a case of custodial violence in Ambasamudram in Tamil Nadu, the issue of police excesses are back at the forefront. There were 478 custodial deaths reported in Tamil Nadu between 2016-17 and 2021-22 and no arrests, chargesheets or convictions in the period. There needs to be some external monitoring, rather t... .Read more
Updated on 14 April, 2023 GS2 Polity Society Governance Social issues & Justice Current Affairs
Why in News- Election Commission of India have accorded Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) the status of a national party. Meanwhile, the Trinamool Congress (TMC), the Communist Party of India (CPI), and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) lost their national party status. The EC also revoked the recognition of some parties as... .Read more
Updated on 14 April, 2023 GS2 Polity Society Governance Current Affairs
Why in News- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has initiated an inquiry into the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) India under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) for suspected violations. It is learnt that the agency has also asked some BBC India officials to submit the documents which it has to scrutinise as part of the proceedings. ... .Read more
Updated on 14 April, 2023 GS2 Polity Governance Social issues & Justice Current Affairs
The former President of the U.S. Woodrow Wilson once remarked, ‘It is not far from the truth to say that Congress in session is Congress on public exhibition, whilst Congress in Committee rooms is Congress at work.’ The universality of this statement seems to have stood the test of time and geography. Due to the sheer vol... .Read more
Updated on 13 April, 2023 GS2 Polity Society Governance Social issues & Justice Current Affairs
The Supreme Court’s observation that preventive detention laws are a colonial legacy and confer arbitrary powers on the state is one more iteration of the perennial threat to personal liberty that such laws pose. For several decades now, the apex court and High Courts have been denouncing the executive’s well documented failure to adher... .Read more
Updated on 12 April, 2023 GS2 Polity Security Society Governance Current Affairs
