The Supreme Court warned Parliament that the nation is losing patience with the advent of criminals in politics even as it imposed fines on major political parties for covering up from voters the criminal past of the candidates they had fielded in the Bihar Assembly polls last year. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The court […]
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The Supreme Court indicated in a judgment that a straitjacket and literal interpretation of a penal provision on dowry death may have blunted the battle against the “long-standing social evil”. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Dowry deaths accounted for 40% to 50% homicides in the country for almost a decade from 1999 to 2018. In
The Supreme Court has held that an extra 40% should be added to the income of fatal road accident victims, aged below 40 and self-employed, while calculating compensation. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 A three-judge Bench led by Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana said the additional amount should be included in the income of
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The Supreme Court recently constituted a 12-member task force to assess the availability and distribution of medical oxygen – on a scientific, rational, and equitable basis – across the country. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The 12-member task force comprises Dr Bhabatosh Biswas, Dr Devender Singh Rana, Dr Devi Prasad Shetty, Dr Gagandeep Kang, Dr
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The Supreme Court allowed Vedanta Limited to operate its oxygen production units at the Sterlite Copper plant in Thoothukudi in Tamil Nadu. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Sterlite Copper plant has been shut for three years following public protests and police firing that killed 13 protesters in May 2018. The Supreme Court decision follows
Terming pendency of around 57 lakh cases in High Courts as “docket explosion”, the Supreme Court activated a “dormant” constitutional provision to pave way for appointment of retired High Court judges as ad-hoc ones for a period of two to three years to clear backlog and came out with guidelines to regulate appointments. Daily Current
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Dr Justice Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, Judge, Supreme Court of India and Chairperson, e-Committee of the Supreme Court on April 9, 2021 inaugurated a Judgments and Orders Portal for searching past judgments and orders and an e-Filing 3.0 module to allow electronic filing of court documents, through a virtual event. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The
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The Supreme Court has said in a judgment that extortion money paid to a terrorist organisation to protect one’s business is not terror funding. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 With this, Supreme Court granted bail to a Jharkhand coal transporter who had paid huge amounts to the Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC), a breakaway faction of
The Supreme Court said people are free to choose their own religion, even as it lashed out at a “very, very harmful kind” of “public interest” petition claiming there is mass religious conversion happening “by hook or by crook” across the country. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Supreme Court said that people have a
The Supreme Court told the government that interim appointments to the post of CBI Director cannot go on. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The remark came during the hearing of a petition filed by Common Cause, represented by advocate Prashant Bhushan, objecting to the appointment of Praveen Sinha as interim CBI Director following the retirement
