Current Affairs 11 June 2022

CONTENTS:

1. Judicial Vacancies and Pendency of Cases
2. Indian crude oil basket touches 10 year high
3. Code of Conduct Violated
4. Environmental Performance Index and India

Judicial Vacancies And Pendency Of Cases

Context:

Chief Justice of India (CJI) N.V. Ramana said lack of proper infrastructure and judicial vacancies had adversely impacted the mechanism involved in the fast disposal of cases.

• Out of 1,100 judges in various high courts in the country, there are about 400 to 500 posts vacant all the time.

Relevance:

GS II- Executive and Judiciary

Dimensions of the Article:

1. Causes for Pendency of cases
2. Impacts of Pendency of cases
3. Way Forward

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Indian Crude Oil Basket Touches 10 Year High

Context:

The basket of crude oil that India buys has hit a decade high of $121 per barrel, but retail selling prices of petrol and diesel continue to remain frozen.

Relevance:

GS-III: Indian Economy (International Trade, Mobilization of Resources, Growth and Development of Indian Economy)

Dimensions of the Article:

1. Key Points
2. How are high crude oil prices impact India?
3. India and Oil Imports
4. Diversifying India’s Oil Imports

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Code Of Conduct Violated

Context:

Recently, two MLAs from Maharashtra were accused in violation of the Code of conduct during Rajya Sabha elections.

Other candidates shot off a missive to the Election Commission, alleging that the ballot papers were shown to unauthorised persons after marking them.

Relevance:

GS-II: Governance, Polity and Constitution

Dimensions of the Article:

1. Process of election
2. Composition of the Rajya Sabha
3. Tenure of members

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Environmental Performance Index And India

Context:

India has questioned its bottom ranking among 180 nations on the Environmental Performance Index.

Relevance:

GS III- Environment and Ecology

Dimensions of the Article:

1. Key points
2. About Environmental Performance Index 2022

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