Private Member’s bill on Poll Spend Limit discussed in Rajya Sabha

A Private Member’s bill was tabled for discussion in the upper house of the Parliament, Rajya Sabha on Friday, 6th December 2019. The bill intended to scrap or to do away with the cap of Rs 70 lakh spending of per candidate, as it encourages candidates to under-report their expenditure. Currently, a candidate contesting Parliamentary ..

Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs

Topics: Election Commission of India • Lok Sabha • Parliament • Private member's bill • Rajya Sabha

Data Protection bill approved by the cabinet

The Cabinet on December 4, 2019 approved Data Protection bill to be tabled in Lok Sabha. The bill lays down legal framework to preserve sanctity in data sharing. The Draft of the bill was released by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology in 2018. Key features of the bill The bill provides rules for ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2019

Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs

Topics: Biometric Data • CLAT • Data protection • Digital Collection of Data • Government Data • Privacy

Citizenship (Amendment) bill, 2019 in Lok Sabha

On December 4, 2019, the Union Cabinet cleared the Citizenship (Amendment) bill, for the bill to be tabled in Lok Sabha. The bill is being tabled amidst widespread protests in the north eastern states. Key Features The bill aims at providing Indian citizenship to 6 minority communities from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan. The communities are ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2019

Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs

Topics: 1971 India-Pakistan war • Assam Accord • Chakma • Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019 • Citizenship Act 1955 • CLAT • Illegal immigration • Nagas • North East

SPG (Amendment) Bill passed in Parliament

The SPG amendment bill says that when the SPG cover is withdrawn from a former Prime Minister, the cover also stands withdrawn from his or her family members. The bill was passed in the parliament on December 3, 2019. The bill aimed at amending the Special Protection Group act, 1988. Amendment Key Features The act ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2019

Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs

Topics: Assassination of Indira Gandhi • CLAT • President • Prime minister • Rajiv Gandhi • Special Protection Group (SPG)

GoI halts online drug sales

The Government of India has halted online sales of drugs as it is working on framing rules to regulate the sector. This has hit the pharmacy sector greatly. Delhi High Court’s Order The order of sale prohibition was initiated by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) V.G.Somani. The order has referred to the Delhi ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2019

Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs

Topics: CLAT • Delhi High Court • DPIIT • Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940 • E-commerce • e-commerce platform • e-commerce policy • Information Technology Act • Pharmaceuticals • Pharmaceuticals Sector