by Team Spectrum Books | Apr 19, 2021 | Polity
The President of India on March 28, 2021, gave his assent to the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) (GNCTD) Act, 2021 that provides a framework for the functioning of the legislative assembly and the government of the National Capital...
by Team Spectrum Books | Apr 2, 2021 | Polity
In August 2020, a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice Arun Mishra, in State of Punjab vs. Davinder Singh and Others case, gave ruling in favour of granting preferential treatment to certain groups within scheduled castes (SCs) and scheduled tribes...
by Team Spectrum Books | Apr 2, 2021 | Polity
On January 27, 2021, the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Uddhav Thackeray, released a book on the Maharashtra-Karnataka border dispute. The book was titled ‘Maharashtra Karnataka Simawad: Sangharsh Ani Sankalp’ (Maharashtra-Karnataka Border Dispute:...
by Spectrum | Mar 15, 2021 | Polity
On the occasion of National Voters’ Day, on January 25, 2021, the Chief Election Commissioner of India, Sunil Arora, announced that mock trials for remote voting facility for electors were slated to begin soon in India. The Election Commission of India has...
by Team Spectrum Books | Jan 10, 2021 | Judicial Matters/Verdicts, Polity
In the case concerning a plea for anticipatory bail by Manish Jain, the Supreme Court held on Nov 20, 2020 that an accused cannot move for anticipatory bail once his regular bail has been cancelled by court, because a person released on bail remains under the...
by Spectrum | Jan 10, 2021 | Polity
In a gazette notification, on November 9, 2020, the President of India Ram Nath Kovind gave his approval for the regulation of all the online news, social media, and major video streaming platforms by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (Ministry of I&B)....
