The Supreme Court, in a significant decision, confirmed that persons suffering from disabilities are also socially backward and entitled to the same benefits of relaxation as Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe candidates in public employment and education. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points It upheld a 2012 judgment of the Delhi High Court in Anamol Bhandari (minor) […]
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A five-judge Review Bench led by Chief Justice of India Sharad A. Bobde upheld a September 2018 Constitution Bench which had struck adultery out of the penal statute book. The original judgment in 2018 was based on a writ petition filed by a Kerala resident, Joseph Shine. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The judgment
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Supreme Court has allowed the conduct of Puri Jagannath Rath Yatra after ensuring a complete lack of public attendance for the festival to avoid spread of infection amid the pandemic. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Odisha government will coordinate with the temple management and the Centre to make things smooth during Rath Yatra, which is
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While adjudicating a clutch of cases on quota for OBC candidates in Tamil Nadu’s medical colleges Supreme Court of India declared that Right to reservation isn’t a fundamental right. It ruled that nobody can claim right to reservation as a fundamental right, and hence not giving the quota benefits cannot be construed as a violation
The Supreme Court (SC) brought cooperative banks under the Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Act of 2002 (Sarfaesi Act) that empowers lenders to seize and sell defaulters’ assets. The move by the apex court aims to boost the cooperative banks that play a vital role in financial inclusion across large
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The Supreme Court has provided more teeth to the anti-narcotics law and held that it is the quantity of the entire banned drug mixture and not its purity which will determine the punishment for an offender under the legislation. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points SC considered the fact that illicit drugs are often sold
The government assured the Supreme Court that WHO guidelines for the safety of health workers were being followed in all cases, involving doctors, nurses and other health staff and sanitation workers, and that they were being equipped with PPEs, and their concerns addressed. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points As per the WHO guidelines, the
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