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National Judicial Commission Bill, 2022

December 12, 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: ..

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SC’s Idea on Project GIB

December 2, 2022

The Supreme Court, while hearing a plea to protect the Great Indian Bustard (GIB), floated an idea of a “Project GIB”, in line with the Project Tiger. About Great Indian Bustard The Great Indian Bustard (GIB) is a large bird ..

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Home Ministry on Right to Freedom of Religion

November 29, 2022

The Ministry of Home Affairs told the Supreme Court that the right to religion does not include the right to convert other people to a specific religion, especially through fraud, deception, coercion, allurement and other methods. Background On November 14, ..

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SC on Short Tenures of CECs

November 23, 2022

The Supreme Court of India recently called out the Central Government for the short tenure of the Chief Election Commissioners. The five-judge constitution bench was hearing a plea on insulating the office of chief election commissioner and election commissioners from ..

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SC upholds 10 per cent quota for EWS

November 8, 2022

With the 3:2 split verdict, the Supreme Court recently upheld the 10% quota for people belonging to economically weaker sections (EWS) in admissions and government jobs. What is the EWS Quota? The EWS Quota was introduced by the Indian Government ..

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SC calls for ban on two-finger test

November 2, 2022

The Supreme Court of India had recently called for the ban on the two-finger test in rape cases. It had provided similar judgement nearly a decade ago. What did the SC Bench say? A bench having Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice ..

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