BILLS ON BANKRUPTCY CODE, MINERAL LAW GET RS NOD
Why in news? The Rajya Sabha has passed two Bills — the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill, 2020 and the Mineral Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2020. Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill, 2020 The bill seeks to remove bottlenecks and streamline the corporate insolvency resolution process. It aims to provide protection to new owners of […]
PARENTS’ DATE, PLACE OF BIRTH ESSENTIAL; NPR DATA USEFUL FOR WELFARE SCHEMES: GOVERNMENT
Why in news? The Union Home Ministry has informed a parliamentary panel that it proposes to collect details on additional questions such as “date and place of birth of parents” in the National Population Register (NPR) to “facilitate back-end data processing and making the data items of date and place of birth complete for all […]
SOLID PROOF NOT MUST FOR ESTABLISHING CITIZENSHIP
Why in news? Proof beyond all reasonable doubts is not required in a Foreigners Tribunal (FT) for establishing one’s citizenship, the Gauhati High Court has observed. The Gauhati High Court observed that strict rules of evidence were not applicable to the tribunals “established for quick disposal of the matters sent to it”. What is a […]
ACCESS TO INTERNET IS NOT NEGOTIABLE: LAW MINISTER
Why in news? Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on 2nd march 2020 – said access to Internet is plainly non-negotiable as it flows from the right to information. He also said that, the international arbitration centre at the National Capital, established under the New Delhi International Arbitration Act of 2019, would be “completely autonomous”. […]
INDIA MONITORING IMPACT OF U.S. – TALIBAN DEAL
Why in news? External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on 2nd March 2020 that India was “watching the space” closely to ensure that gains of the past two decades were not lost after U.S. signed a deal with Taliban. India’s Concerns Not Addressed While India has raised concerns over the future of democracy, human rights, […]
SUPREME COURT TO HEAR PETITION ON DELHI VIOLENCE
Why in news? Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sharad A. Bobde on Monday orally said courts were not “equipped” to handle palpable “pressure” being created to somehow step in and prevent violence in Delhi. The observations came when a senior advocate made a mentioning before him to urgently intervene and pass directions to arrest those […]
EXPERTS RAISE CONCERNS FOR INDIA OVER U.S.-TALIBAN AGREEMENT
Why in news? After a closer look at the texts of the two agreements named the ‘Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan between the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan which is not recognised by the United States as a state and is known as the Taliban, and the United States of America’, and The ‘Joint Declaration […]
J&K USES 2011 DATA FOR DELIMITATION
Why in news? The new Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir ( J&K) will be the only place in the country to undergo a delimitation exercise based on the population figures recorded in the 2011 census. Delimitation was last done in J&K in 1995. The latest readjustment of boundaries of constituencies in the States and […]
NO NSG WAIVER FOR INDIA, SAYS NEW ZEALAND DEPUTY PM
Why in news? The path ahead for the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) is yet “unknown”, said New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters, who raised the issue with the government during his visit to Delhi in the last week of February 2020. Details of the visit This visit was regarding bilateral trade and multilateral cooperation […]
U.S. STRIKES A DEAL WITH TALIBAN TO END 18-YEAR-LONG AFGHAN WAR
Why in news? The U.S. signed a deal with the Taliban on 29th February 2020 that could pave way for a full withdrawal of foreign soldiers from Afghanistan over the next 14 months. This represents a step towards ending the 18-year-war in the nation. Taliban leader calls it ‘day of victory’; Pompeo says victory will […]