by Team Spectrum Books | Dec 10, 2020 | Polity
As per a notification issued by the law ministry on October 19, 2020, the ceiling on poll expenditure for Assembly and Lok Sabha elections has been increased by 10 per is accordance with recommendation by the Election Commission taking in view curbs imposed during the...
by Team Spectrum Books | Dec 10, 2020 | Polity
As reported on August 21, 2020 there has been a tussle between chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, Shashi Tharoor and BJP member Nishikant Dubey over the former summoning Facebook representatives on September 2 to depose before...
by Team Spectrum Books | Sep 12, 2020 | Current Affairs, Polity
Introduction On March 19, 2020, the Union Transport Minister informed the Lok Sabha about 10 per cent reduction in accidental deaths since the implementation of the new Motor Vehicle Act, 2019. In this regard, the ministry released the ‘Integrated Road Accident...
by Team Spectrum Books | Sep 8, 2020 | Polity
Introduction On September 19, 2019, the Kerala High Court gave a landmark ruling, holding that the right to access Internet is a fundamental right forming a part of right to privacy and the right to education under Article 21 of the Constitution. The ruling came on a...
by Team Spectrum Books | Sep 8, 2020 | Polity
On September 17, 2019, the Supreme Court ruled that NGOs ‘substantially’ funded by the government, directly or indirectly, would come under the ambit of Right to Information Act, 2005, in order to inject transparency and accountability in the functioning of NGOs and...
by Team Spectrum Books | Aug 31, 2020 | Judicial Matters/Verdicts, Polity
Introduction The functioning of Collegium: Issue of Transfer The issue at hand is related to the transfer of the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court, Justice Vijaya Kamlesh Tahilramani, to the Meghalaya High Court. Justice Tahilramani resigned from the post on...
