Judicial safe zones
Context: It has long been recognised that children testifying as witnesses find the courtroom experience intimidating. In many cases, they are victims themselves, and may be deterred from deposing fully…
Urdu is the second official language for Telangana
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao in the state assembly recently declared Urdu as the state's second official language. Now all government offices from the Chief Minister's office to District…
‘Prevention of torture bill, 2017
Context: The Law Commission has recommended the Union government to consider ratifying the 1984 UN Convention against torture to tide over difficulties in extraditing criminals from foreign countries due to the absence…
Centre plans to set up more commercial courts
Context: Days after India jumped 30 positions in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business ranking, Law Ministry officials said the Union government proposed to establish commercial courts in districts…
Acting against torture
Context: “Torture is a wound in the soul so painful that sometimes you can almost touch it, but it is also such intangible that there is no way to heal…
Finance Commission’s changing roles, challenges over the years
The government will soon constitute the Fifteenth Finance Commission, as per normal practice, a couple of years before the end of the five-year period during which the Commission’s recommendations are…
National Council for Teacher Education Act 1993
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for introduction of a Bill in Parliament to amend the National Council for Teacher Education…
Rajasthan passes Bill to hike OBC quota
Context: The Rajasthan Assembly passed a bill which increased reservation for the Other Backward Classes (OBC) from 21 per cent to 26 per cent. The community includes Gujjars and four…
SC questions Centre on judicial posts
Context: Over a year and 10 months after a Constitution Bench placed its faith in the government to iron out the dos and don'ts of judicial appointments to the Supreme…
Government working on tougher consumer protection law
Context: A new consumer protection law is on the anvil to crack down on misleading advertisements and simplify the grievance redressal mechanism. A a two-day international conference on Consumer Protection for…
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