CONTENTS
- National Legal Services Authority
- Women have Right to Safe Abortion: SC
- Snow leopard
- Public Safety Act (PSA)
National Legal Services Authority
Context:
Recently, the Minister of Law and Justice informed the details of funds allocated by NALSA (National Legal Services Authority) to Legal Services Authorities to organise Legal Aid Programmes in India.
Relevance:
GS II- Polity and Governance
Dimensions of the Article:
- About National Legal Services Authority (NALSA)
- Legal Services Institutions at Various Levels
- Who is Eligible for Getting Free Legal Services?
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Women Have Right to Safe Abortion: SC
Context:
Denying an unmarried woman the right to a safe abortion violates her personal autonomy and freedom, the Supreme Court held in an order.
Relevance:
GS II- Polity and Governance
Dimensions of the Article:
- What did the SC say?
- What is the case about?
- The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971
- Medical Termination of Pregnancy Amendment Act, 2021
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Public Safety Act (PSA)
Context:
Families of several youth taken into preventive detention this year under the controversial Public Safety Act (PSA), which allows detention for up to two years without a trial, allege their kin were “shifted outside jails and held incommunicado” in violation of the provisions of the Act.
Relevance:
GS-II: Governance (Government Policies and Innovations, Issues Arising Out of the Design and Implementation of Policies)
Dimensions of the Article:
- About the Jammu & Kashmir Public Safety Act (PSA), 1978
- What are some concerns with the PSA?
- SC’s views on the Public Safety Act
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Snow leopard
Context:
A recent study by the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) on snow leopard (Panthera uncia) has thrown up interesting insights on the elusive mountain cat and its prey species.
- The study under the National Mission on Himalayan Studies revealed a strong link between habitat use by snow leopard and its prey species Siberian ibex and blue sheep.
Relevance:
GS III- Environment and Ecology
Dimensions of the Article:
- About the Snow leopard
- Snow Leopards in India and their conservation
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