What is general consent for the CBI?
Context Recently, Meghalaya has withdrawn from general consent to the CBI to investigate cases in the state, becoming the ninth state in the country to have taken this step. What is…
Context Recently, Meghalaya has withdrawn from general consent to the CBI to investigate cases in the state, becoming the ninth state in the country to have taken this step. What is…
Context Recently, Karnataka Chief Minister informed the Centre that the state is opposed to the Kasturirangan Committee report on Western Ghats. What are the recommendations of the Kasturirangan committee report?…
Parliament is abdicating its oversight role Context The monsoon session of Parliament which ended recently was a disappointment in several ways. This was the fourth straight session that ended ahead of the…
Ethics and Politics Ethical Values in Politics play an important role in setting the public discourse while it is unrealistic and simplistic to expect perfection in politics in an ethically…
CHAPTER 1. Introduction Conflict is an unavoidable facet of human life. The maturity of a society is thus measured not so much by the absence of conflict in it as…
Introduction "If liberty and equality, as is thought by some are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in the government…
Context: The Law Commission has endorsed the proposal of simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly polls in its draft report submitted to the government. Key highlights of the report: The 'draft' report…
Context: The Justice Srikrishna Committee in its report accompanying the draft Personal Data Protection Bill released on July 27 notes that eight of the top 10 most accessed websites in…
Context: The right to privacy judgment, which had six separate opinions that converge into a unanimous decision, noted in the words of Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice S.K. Kaul that the…
The Standing Committee on Rural Development (Chair: Dr. P Venugopal) submitted its report on ‘Improvement in the functioning of Panchayats’ on July 19, 2018. The participation of local people for…
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