In another major initiative the eCommittee Supreme Court has prepared the draft vision document for Phase III of the eCourts Project under the auspices of the Supreme Court of India. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 E-Courts Project is a mission mode project undertaken by the Department of Justice, Government of India. The Chairperson of eCommittee […]
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The Supreme Court pushed for the appointment of retired judges to battle pendency of cases in High Courts. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Of the pending recommendations, 44 were made to fill vacancies in the Calcutta, Madhya Pradesh, Gauhati, Rajasthan and Punjab High Courts. These recommendations have been pending with the government for over seven
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The Supreme Court has held that the Army’s “selective” evaluation process discriminates against and disproportionately affects women short service commission officers seeking a permanent commission. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The evaluation pattern of women officers has caused them economic and psychological harm, the court said. The court ordered that the cases of women officers
Chief Justice of India Sharad A. Bobde agreed with advocate Prashant Bhushan to urgently hear a plea by NGO Association for Democratic Reforms to stay the sale of a new set of electoral bonds on April 1, before Assembly elections in crucial States such as West Bengal and Tamil Nadu. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021
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The Supreme Court stayed a Kerala High Court decision barring aided school teachers and non-teaching staff from contesting Assembly elections or engaging in political activities. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 It issued notice to the Kerala government while staying the High Court verdict in February. The High Court had declared Section 2 (IV) of the
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Solicitor General Tushar Mehta made a strong appeal to the Supreme Court to frame guidelines to rein in lawyers appointed as the court’s amici curiae in various cases, especially sensitive ones. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 An amicus curiae (literally, “friend of the court”; plural: amici curiae) is someone who is not a party to
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The Supreme Court said that the Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary shall be “personally responsible” and “appropriate action” will be taken on failure to give information on the rule curve for Mullaperiyar dam to the Supreme Court-appointed Supervisory Committee. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The ‘rule curve’ in a dam decides the fluctuating storage levels in
The Supreme Court has found the indefinite “occupation” of a public road by the Shaheen Bagh protestors unacceptable. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The verdict came on a plea against the Anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests which had led to blocking of a road in Shaheen Bagh in the national capital last December. It said
Recently, the Supreme Court reported that money collected under the PM CARES Fund for the coronavirus pandemic need not be transferred to the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points There is “no occasion” for the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) to audit a public charitable trust independent of budgetary support
Recently, the Supreme Court reported that daughters have coparcenary rights on the property of their parents even if the latter died before the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005 came into force. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points A bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Arun Mishra reported that a daughter is entitled to
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