Context: The AP High Court struck down AP Panchayat Raj Ordinance through which the term of the State Election Commissioner (SEC) was cut short from five to three years in turn expulsion of Ramesh Kumar as State Election Commissioner (SEC). Background: The move to cut short the period of SEC was alleged to to be the culmination of an open conflict between the SEC and Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. Postponing of local polls by SEC In Mar... .
Updated on 30 May, 2020
Context: Solicitor General’s(SG) bullying in the court- calling journalists names, misleading claims about migrants need to be checked by the Court to uphold judicial independence. More on the news: The Solicitor General’s grandstanding in the Supreme Court on the issue of migrants crossed several lines. First, the line of propriety. When the apex court finally took stock of the plight of stranded migrant workers, the Solicito... .
Updated on 30 May, 2020
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Context: A few days of joblessness due to lockdowns and the ensuing despair has exposed the vulnerability of the system related to thresholds in the Industrial disputes act. About thresholds in Industrial Disputes Act There are three thresholds that are absolutely pivotal: If more than 99 workers are hired industries will have to notify the government before they can fire any one of them. If more than 20 workers are hired, industries open... .
Updated on 30 May, 2020
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Context:The Haryana government’s decision to enforce use of Hindi language in all courts and tribunals across the state has been challenged in the Supreme Court. More on News: Some advocates of Haryana have jointly challenged the new Section 3A of Haryana Official Language (Amendment) Act of 2020. The amendment read, “In all Civil Courts and Criminal Courts in Haryana subordinate to the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, all revenue Courts ... .
Updated on 29 May, 2020
Context: The Delimitation Commission in a meeting held recently, reviewed the progress of work of redrawing parliamentary and assembly seats of UT of Jammu & Kashmir, Assam, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh. More on the news: It noted that the information on details of the State Election Commissioner has been received from the State of Arunachal Pradesh,Assam,Manipur and Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir. Requisite Census data has been received f... .
Updated on 29 May, 2020
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Context: the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology(Meity) announced that it has released the source code of the Aarogya Setu app to promote transparency and collaboration with the software developer community. More on news: The IT ministry move came in the wake of demands from Cyber Law experts and critics who had said that the app was too closed in nature and without adequate protection measures. The source code was released in lin... .
Updated on 28 May, 2020
