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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ACT OF 1858 & INDIAN COUNCIL ACT OF 1861: UPSC Daily Important Topic | 7 December 2021

•India will now be governed by, and in the name of, Her Majesty. •Designation of Governor-General of India will now be changed to that of Viceroy of India. •It ended the system of Double government by abolishing the Board of Control and Court of Directors. •Created a new office, Secretary of State for India, vested

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CHARTER ACT 1833 & CHARTER ACT OF 1853: UPSC Daily Important Topic | 6 December 2021

✓ CHARTER ACT 1833 •It made the Governor-General of Bengal as the Governor-General of India and vested in him all civil and military powers. • It deprived the governors of Bombay and Madras of their legislative powers. • It ended the activities of the East India Company as a commercial body, which became a purely

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REGULATING ACT 1773, AMENDING ACT 1781 & CHARTER ACT 1813: UPSC Daily Important Topic | 5 December 2021

✓ REGULATING ACT 1773. • Governor of Bengal will now be Governor-General of Bengal. • Created an Executive Council of 4 members to assist him. •First Governor-General was Warren Hastings. •Establishment of Supreme court in Calcutta. Comprising 1 CJI and 3 other Judges. •Prohibited the Servants from engaging in any  Private Trades and taking Bribes

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EVOLUTION OF BASIC STRUCTURE OF CONSTITUTION. [ PART 2 ]: UPSC Daily Important Topic | 2 December 2021

1. 24th AMENDMENT OF CONSTITUTION. • The Parliament reacted to the Supreme Court’s judgement in the Golak Nath case (1967) by enacting the 24th Amendment Act (1971). This Act amended Articles 13 and 368. • It declared that the Parliament has the power to abridge or take away any of the Fundamental Rights under Article

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EVOLUTION OF BASIC STRUCTURE OF CONSTITUTION. [PART 1]: UPSC Daily Important Topic | 1 December 2021

1.  Shankari Prasad case (1951) • The constitutional validity of the First Amendment Act (1951), which curtailed the right to property, was challenged. • The Supreme Court ruled that the power of the Parliament to amend the Constitution under Article 368 also includes the power to amend Fundamental Rights. 2.  Golak Nath case (1967) •

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