Judiciary in India Current Affairs, GK & News
National Judicial Commission Bill, 2022
National Judicial Commission Bill, 2022 was introduced in the Rajya Sabha recently. What is National Judicial Commission Bill? The National Judicial Commission Bill is a private member Bill that proposes major reforms in the Indian Judiciary. Its key features include: Appointment of Judges The 2022 Bill proposes the regulation of procedures that are to be ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2022
Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Topics: Collegium System • Indian Judiciary • judiciary • Judiciary in India • SC Collegium • Supreme court • Supreme Court Collegium
Section 436-A of CRPC and Home Ministry Guidelines on Undertrials
What are the provisions of section 436A of the CrPC and home ministry’s guidelines regarding undertrials? Why these fail to alleviate the plight of undertrials? Section 436A was introduced in the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 vide an amendment in 2005. It provides for the maximum period for which an undertrial prisoner can be detained. As ..
Topics: Judiciary in India
Recent SC Judgement on Contempt of Court
No person shall be a judge in his own cause is the famous saying in legal theory. But the law on contempt of courts goes against this doctrine. The Supreme Court has now ruled that criticism of court does not amount to contempt of court. This is indeed a very significant move in the backdrop ..
Topics: Judiciary in India
Issue: Pendency of Cases in Courts
The huge pendency of cases before the Courts of India has raised a serious question on the capacity of the Indian judiciary to impart justice to the aggrieved persons. This is specially the case in district courts and high courts where the aggrieved individuals first approach to. It has also raised a question as to ..
Topics: Judiciary in India
RBI and RTI: Recent Supreme Court Judgement
On December 16, the Supreme Court of India said that RBI cannot reject the plea asking information regarding private and public banks under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. While considering the several appeals filed by the RBI against various orders of the Central Information Commission (CIC) and High Courts asking the RBI to disclose ..
Topics: Bank • Banking in India • Economy • Finance • Financial services • Freedom of information laws by country • In India • Judiciary in India • Public bank • RBI • Right to Information Act • RTI
Making a Case for All India Judicial Services
Article 312 in the Indian Constitution provides that if Rajya Sabha passes a resolution with special majority, a new all India services can be created by passing a law. All India Services do include All Indian Judicial Service. The article makes it clear that the all-India judicial service shall not include any post inferior to ..
Topics: Judiciary in India • National Judicial Appointments Commission