Stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra refused to apologise or retract his tweets on the Supreme Court a day after Attorney General K.K. Venugopal consented to multiple requests for criminal contempt action against him. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points According to the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, contempt of court can either be civil contempt or […]
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The Ministry of Power, Government of India issued notification S.O. 3445 (E) dated 28th September, 2020 to cover all the Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOMs) under the preview of the EC Act. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points As per the notification, which was formulated in consultation with Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) “All entities having
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Nearly a year-and-a half after the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India had suggested relaxations of registration, submission of bank guarantee and other norms for other service providers (OSP) in the business process outsourcing (BPO) and information technology-enabled services (ITes), the Department of Telecom eased these rules. The new rules do away with the registration requirement
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Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has issued a notification making FASTags mandatory for all four wheel vehicles from 1st January 2021. This will apply to old vehicles as well as M and N category of motor vehicles sold before 1st December, 2017. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points As per Central Motor Vehicles Rules,
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The government issued an ordinance to amend the arbitration law to ensure that all stakeholder parties get an opportunity to seek an unconditional stay on enforcement of arbitral awards where the arbitration agreement or contract is “induced by fraud or corruption”. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Ordinance aims to ensure that all the
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The Bombay High Court resumed hearing of the habeas corpus petition moved by Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami challenging his arrest in an abetment to suicide case. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Indian Constitution empowers the Supreme Court to issue writs for enforcement of any of the fundamental rights conferred by Part III
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According to the Supreme Court of India, if an estranged wife gave up her job to take care of children and the elderly in the family, then this will have to be taken into consideration by the family court while quantifying monthly interim maintenance payable to her by the husband. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020
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The Supreme Court has ruled on a long-pending question of law on whether statements recorded under Section 67 of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act can be admissible as confessional statements during criminal trials. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The majority judgment ruled that statements recorded by officers under the NDPS Act
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Ministry of AYUSH and M/s Invest India are going to form a collaboration to set up a strategic policy unit called “Strategic Policy & Facilitation Bureau (SPFB)” to facilitate planned and systematic growth of the Ayush Sector. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points This is among the various steps which the Ministry has initiated to
In a Supreme Court hearing, Senior Advocate Shyam Divan argued about the discrepancies in the process of the Central Vista Redevelopment project. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Central Vista is a heritage precinct, declared in the 1962 Master Plan of Delhi as an “important site to meet the aspirations of a rich culture”.
