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SC appoints 3-member panel to mediate in Ayodhya dispute
Tags: Judiciary & Judgments
Published on: 09 March 2019
SC directs EC to increase random checking of VVPAT slips
Tags: Judiciary & Judgments
Published on: 09 April 2019
President appoints 4 new judges of Supreme Court
Tags: Constitution, Judiciary & Judgments
Published on: 23 May 2019
High Court declares all animals in Haryana as legal persons
Tags: Judiciary & Judgments
Published on: 03 June 2019
Bombay High Court uphelds Maratha reservation with cuts
Tags: Judiciary & Judgments
Published on: 28 June 2019
Justice Pinaki Ghose sworn in as first Lokpal of India
Tags: Constitution, Bills & Laws, Judiciary & Judgments
Published on: 23 March 2019
First in 28 years CJI allows FIR against sitting HC judge
Tags: Judiciary & Judgments
Published on: 31 July 2019
Form action plan to make Delhi crime-free for women: HC to govt
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Published on: 01 August 2019
Right to access internet is part of RTE and Right to Privacy
Tags: Judiciary & Judgments
Published on: 20 September 2019
Creamy layer principle in Sc/ST quota for promotion
Tags: Judiciary & Judgments
Published on: 09 December 2019
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'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">The five-judge Constitution Bench of Supreme Court led by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has proposed court-monitored mediation in Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case to arrive at a permanent solution.</span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Three-member mediation panel</span></strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">SC has appointed three-member panel of mediators to find “permanent solution” to Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute in Ayodhya in eight weeks. </span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">The panel will be headed by former <strong><em>Supreme Court judge F.M.I. Kalifulla as chairman</em></strong> and comprise of Art of Living founder<em>Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, </em>and <em>Sriram Panchu</em>, a senior advocate with experience in alternative dispute resolution. <em>All three panel members hail from Tamil Nadu</em></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Mediation Process</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Mediation panel has been given eight weeks and all mediators have been urged to “conclude at the earliest.” Court also directed them to file status report in four weeks with 8 weeks’ deadline to conclude the hearing.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will start in week in Faizabad district (officially renamed to Ayodhya) of Uttar Pradesh of which disputed area is a part — with the process conducted in-camera.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Media has been refrained from reporting the proceedings, considering need for “utmost confidentiality” in conduct of mediation to ensure its success.</span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Ayodhya dispute</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It is political, historical and socio-religious debate centred on ownership of plot of land in city of Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. </span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">The main issues revolve around access to site (land) of Babri Masjid (16th century mosque) which is claimed by Hindus to be birthplace of Hindu deity Rama.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Section of Hindus argue that Hindu temple of deity Ram this site was destroyed by Mughals in 16th century and Babri Masjid erected on it.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Babri Masjid was destroyed during political rally which turned into riot on 6 December 1992. Subsequently, land title case was lodged in Allahabad High Court, e verdict of which was pronounced in September 2010. </span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Allahabad High Court had ruled that 2.77 acres of Ayodhya land be divided into 3 parts, with 1/3 going to Ram Lalla or Infant Rama represented by Hindu Maha Sabha for construction of the Ram temple, 1/3 going to Islamic Sunni Waqf Board and remaining 1/3 going to Hindu religious denomination Nirmohi Akhara. </span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Reacting to HC verdict, all the three claimant parties in the land dispute had appeal against the division of disputed land in Supreme Court for resolution of long-standing dispute. </span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">What is the case?</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">The Delhi HC passed this judgment in petition concerning immunity enjoyed by UNO under United Nations (Privileges and Immunities) Act, 1947. The petitioner was former employee of UNO who was found guilty of misconduct pursuant to findings of Procurement Task Force. The petitioner also had faced trial in United States and after serving his sentence, he was deported to India. Thereafter, the petitioner sought permission of Union Ministry of External Affairs to initiate legal action against UNO in terms of section 86 of Civil Procedure Code, 1908. (This provision provides that foreign State may be sued in any Court with the consent of Central government).</span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> MEA had stated that consent of Union Government was not required to initiate legal suit against UNO as it was not foreign State and but is only International Organization. It, however, added that UNO and its officials enjoyed immunity under United Nations (Privileges and Immunities) Act, 1947. It also stated that as per Section 2 of Article II of Schedule of Act, 1947, UNO has immunity from every form of legal process except insofar as in any particular case it has expressly waived its immunity. The same became subject matter of the petition filed before the High Court. </span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Constitutional Provisions</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Article 12:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> Its states state in context of Part III (Fundamental Rights) of Constitution includes Government and Parliament of India, Government and Legislature of each of State, all local or other authorities within territory of India or under control of Union of India. </span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Article 226:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> It empowers high courts to issue directions, orders or writs, including writs in the nature of habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition, quo warranto, certiorari or any of them to any person or authority, including government (in appropriate cases).</span></span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Appointment Procedure:</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Article 124(3) of the constitution:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> It mentions following criteria for people eligible to become a Supreme Court (SC) Judge (i) High Court (HC) judge who has held that post for 5 years or more. (ii) Advocate who has practiced in HC/SC for 10 years or more. (iii) Distinguished Jurist (no judge appointed on this basis till date).</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Article 124(2):</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> It says that judges of Supreme Court can be appointed by President of India after <strong>consultation</strong> with such number of Judges of the SC/HCs as he deems necessary. For appointment of any Judge of SC other than Chief Justice of India (CJI), CJI must be consulted.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Collegium system: </span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It was formalized by three Judges cases of 1981, 1993 & 1998 for the purpose of consultation mentioned in Article 124 (2). The collegium for appointing SC judge consists of CJI and four senior-most judges of SC.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Memorandum of Procedure (MoP)</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">: It was evolved after Third Judge Case of 1998 to provide the process for Collegium to recommend names for appointments to the Executive. As per it, President of India can either accept recommendation or send it back for reconsideration. The reconsidered advice is binding on President and he must accept it.</span></span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Note</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">The verdict of Punjab and Haryana HC comes nearly a year after Uttarakhand HC passed similar order to protect and promote greater welfare of animals. Both orders were written by Justice Rajiv Sharma, who was transferred from Uttarakhand to Punjab and Haryana High Court at Chandigarh in 2018. Justice Sharma was also part of bench in Uttarkahand that had in 2017 declared rivers Ganga and Yamuna as living entities, a verdict that was later stayed by Supreme Court.</span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Punjab and Haryana HC Ruling</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Entire animal kingdom, including avian and aquatic, had a right to life (under Article 21) and bodily integrity, honour and dignity, are entitled to justice.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Animals and birds could not be treated merely as objects or property and they have legal rights like humans.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Animals should be healthy, well nourished, comfortable, safe, able to express innate behavior without fear, painand distress.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Declared all citizens throughout Haryana as persons in loco parentis (meaning – in place of parent) as the human face for welfare/protection of animals.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Directed Police to ensure that carts driven by animals were given the right of way to avoid inconvenience to animals.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Bans their deployment for pulling vehicles in extreme cold and heat conditions and also fixed load to be carried by animals.</span></span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">HC Jugdement</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">In exceptional circumstances, limit of 50% reservation set out by Supreme Court in Indra Sawhney case of 1992 can be crossed subject to availability of quantifiable and contemporaneous data reflecting backwardness, inadequacy of representation and without affecting the efficiency in administration.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">While the backwardness of Maratha community was not comparable to SCs and STs, it was comparable to several other backward classes, which find place in list of Other Backward Classes pursuant to the Mandal Commission.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">State government has legislative competence to create a separate category of Socially and Educationally Backward Class (SEBC) and grant reservation.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It also held that though Maratha community had sufficient representation not to warrant reservation in the political arena, but that does not make it socially advanced.</span></span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Indra Sawhney case (also known as Mandal case):</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> In 1992, nine-judge constitutional bench of Supreme Court had ruled that total reservation for backward classes could not go beyond 50 %.</span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Total Reservation in Maharashtra</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">The addition of 12-13</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">% </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Maratha quota will take the total reservation in the state to 64-65</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">%</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">. Prior to this, in Maharashtra, following 2001 State Reservation Act, the total reservation is 52</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">%</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">. This includes quotas for SC (13%), ST (7%), OBC (19%), Special Backward Class (2%), Vimukti Jati (3%), Nomadic Tribe B (2.5%), Nomadic Tribe C-Dhangar (3.5%) and Nomadic Tribe D-Vanjari (2%). The quotas for Nomadic Tribes and Special Backward Classes have been carved out of the total OBC quota.</span></span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Judicial Members: </span></strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Dilip B. Bhosale (Former Chief Justice), Pradip Kumar Mohanty (Former Chief Justice), Abhilasha Kumari (Former Chief Justice), Ajay Kumar Tripathi (sitting Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh).</span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Non-Judicial Members:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"> Archana Ramasundaram (First woman Chief of Sashastra Seema Bal), Dinesh Kumar Jain (Former Chief Secretary, Maharashtra), Mahender Singh (Former IRS officer), Indrajeet Prasad Gautam (Former IAS officer).</span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Lokpal</span></strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It is national anti-corruption authority or body of ombudsmen with jurisdiction over central government to inquire into allegations of corruption against its public functionaries and for matters connected to corruption.</span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Historical Background</span></strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">The institution of ombudsman originated in Scandinavian (referred to Norway, Denmark and Sweden) countries. It first came into being in Sweden in 1713 as “chancellor of justice” appointed by King to assist as invigilator by looking into functioning of a wartime government. Word Lokpal is derived from Sanskrit word “Loka” meaning people and “pala” meaning protector or caretaker. Together it means “protector of people”. </span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Statutory Backing</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Lokpal and Lokayukta Act, 2013 provides for establishment of Lokpal for Centre and Lokayukta for States to inquire into allegations of corruption against certain public functionaries and for related matters.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It extends to whole of India, including Jammu & Kashmir. It is applicable to “public servants” within and outside India. It mandates for creation of Lokpal for Union and Lokayukta for states.</span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Structure of Lokpal</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It is statutory body without any constitutional backing. It is multimember body, made up of one chairperson and maximum of 8 members. </span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Person to be appointed as chairperson of Lokpal should be either the former Chief Justice of India or former Judge of Supreme Court or eminent person.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">In this case, eminent person must have impeccable integrity and outstanding ability, special knowledge and expertise of minimum 25 years in matters relating to anti-corruption policy, public administration, vigilance, finance including insurance and banking, law and management.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Out of maximum eight members, four are judicial members and four are non judicial. Minimum 50% of members must be from SC/ST/OBC/minorities and women. Judicial members should be either a former Judge of Supreme Court or former Chief Justice of High Court.</span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Jurisdiction of Lokpal</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It includes Prime Minister under its ambit. But except in cases on allegations of corruption related to international relations, security, public order, atomic energy and space. Moreover, bench of Lokpal and at least two-thirds of members approve an inquiry. </span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It also has jurisdiction over ministers and MPs (but not in matter of anything said in Parliament or a vote given there).</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It also cover all categories of public servants viz, Group A, B, C or D officers defined as such under Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. </span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Any corruption complaint against Group A and B officers, after inquiry, will directly come to Lokpal. However, in case of Group C and D officers, Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) will investigate and report to Lokpal. </span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Powers of Lokpal</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Superintendence over CBI and give direction to CBI. </span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Investigating officer of case transferred to CBI by Lokpal cannot be transferred without its approval.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It can authorize CBI for search and seizure operations connected to such case.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Its Inquiry Wing is vested with the powers of a civil court.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It can confiscate assets, proceeds, receipts and benefits arisen or procured by means of corruption in special circumstances</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It can recommend transfer or suspension of public servant connected with allegation of corruption.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It can give directions to prevent destruction of records during preliminary inquiry.</span></span></span></li>
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'description' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="color:black">Context:</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">This comes only a few days after justice Shukla requested CJI Gogoi to restore judicial functions to his jurisdiction. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">CJI Gogoi had ordered to take away his judicial functions in January 2018. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="color:black">Justice Shukla’s prosecution is<strong> the 1<sup>st</sup> such case since the 1991 Supreme Court judgement in Veeraswamy Case</strong></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Why would Justice S.N. Shukla be prosecuted?</span></strong></span></span></li>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Why would Justice S.N. Shukla be prosecuted?</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="color:black">Justice Shukla is accused of<strong> favouring a private medical college </strong>by extending the deadline for admission of students in contravention of the existing rules.</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="color:black">About the prosecution judges of the higher judiciary (Supreme Court and High Courts) in India:</span></span></strong></span></span></li>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="color:black">About the prosecution judges of the higher judiciary (Supreme Court and High Courts) in India:</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="color:black">Prosecution of judges of the high court and the Supreme Court were <strong>not allowed till July 1991.</strong></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="color:black">Veeraswamy case, 1991:</span></span></strong></span></span></li>
<li style="list-style-type:none">
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<li>
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<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="color:black">Justice Veeraswany of Madras High Court had challenged the government’s decision of booking him in a corruption case of, 1976.</span></span></strong></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="color:black">His argument was “<strong>law gives immunity to judges of the appellate courts from prosecution.”</strong></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="color:black">However, <strong>the Supreme Court</strong> rejected this argument of justice Veeraswamy and <strong>provided for lodging FIR against such judges if nod for the same is given by the CJI.</strong></span></span></span></span></li>
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">About the strength of the Supreme Court:</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">At present</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">, the sanctioned strength of the court is <strong>30, excluding the Chief Justice of India.</strong></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Once the Bill gets parliamentary approval</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">, the number of judges will go up to 33, excluding the CJI.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to a <strong>written reply by the Law Ministr</strong>y to a Rajya Sabha question on July <strong>11, 59,331 cases are pending in the top court.</strong></span></span></span></li>
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Request by the CJI to increase the strength:</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Due to paucity of judges, the required number of Constitution Benches</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> to decide important cases <strong>was not being formed, the CJI wrote. </strong></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">“You would recall that <strong>way back in 1988,</strong> about three decades ago, the <strong>judge strength of the SC was increased from 18 to 26, and then again after two decades in 2009, it was increased to 31, including the CJI,</strong> to expedite disposal of cases to keep pace with the rate of institution” he said in the request.</span></span></span></li>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Other directions:</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">It also <strong>questioned why over 3,000 crore is lying unused in the Nirbhaya Fund,</strong> which was announced in 2013, when it <strong>“could have been used for installing CCTVs and streetlights”.</strong> </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">It also said that <strong>a special task force should be formed</strong> and <strong>police officials be given motorcycles so that they can access dark spots </strong>in the city.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="background-color:white">After considering the suggestions given by advocate <strong>Meera Bhatia, who was appointed amicus curiae to assist the court </strong>in the case, the <strong>Bench asked the Public Works Department to ensure that all streetlights are functional.</strong></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="background-color:white">It further directed that <strong>more staff be recruited in 44 police stations. </strong>These stations have been identified as having <strong>areas</strong> under their jurisdiction <strong>that have been flagged as vulnerable spots for crime based on a crime-mapping exercise.</strong></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Bench said that <strong>women police officers in plain clothes be deployed </strong>so that <strong>repeat offenders are brought to book. </strong></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">It also asked the police to <strong>file an affidavit complying with the court’s direction and to submit a monthly report.</strong></span></span></span></span></li>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Installation of CCTVs so far:</span></strong></span></span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The police said that CCTVs had been installed in 179 of 182 police stations.</span></span></span></span></li>
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'description' => '<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><strong>Issue</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Maharashtra and Karnataka Chief Ministers have agreed to jointly oppose Andhra Pradesh’s application seeking a relook at the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal’s 2010 order on water distribution between the states<span style="font-size:13.5pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span style="color:black">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><strong>Background</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal (KWDT) is a tribunal set up by the Central Government in 1969 under the Interstate River Water Disputes Act, 1956 to resolve the disputes between the states of Karnataka, Maharashtra and then undivided Andhra Pradesh over sharing of Krishna river water.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><strong>Details</strong></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">As new grievances arose between the states, the second KWDT was instituted in 2004. It delivered its report in 2010, which made allocations of the Krishna water at 65 per cent dependability and for surplus flows.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Andhra Pradesh has since asked that Telangana be included as a separate party at the KWDT and that the allocation of Krishna waters be reworked among four states, instead of three.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Telangana was created following bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, which means that allocation of water should be from Andhra Pradesh’s share as approved by the tribunal.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Andhra Pradesh wants reconstitution of the tribunal and a new proposal for water sharing. This move is being opposed by Karnataka and Maharashtra, the other basin states of Krishna river.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><strong>Krishna river</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The Krishna is an east-flowing river that originates at Mahabaleshwar in Maharashtra and merges with the Bay of Bengal, flowing through Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Together with its tributaries, it forms a vast basin that covers 33% of the total area of the four states.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><strong>Tribunals</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="background-color:white"><span style="color:#222222">River tribunals are constituted based on ‘The Interstate River Water Disputes Act, 1956’which is an Act of the Parliament of India enacted under <strong>Article 262 </strong>of Constitution.</span></span></span></span></p>
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'description' => '<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Issue</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The recent controversy over the transfer of the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court, Justice Vijaya Tahilramani, to the Meghalaya High Court has once again brought up the debate on the functioning of the ‘Collegium’ of judges that makes appointments and transfers in the higher judiciary.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Background</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Justice Tahilramani had requested for a reconsideration of the decision of collegium but the collegium headed by the CJI has dismissed the request citing strong reasons for their decision. Questions have been asked regarding the method of appointment of the judges through the collegium.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Details</strong></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Collegium can be defined as a system under which judges are appointed by an institution comprising judges.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Collegium of judges is the Supreme Court’s invention. It is <strong>not mentioned</strong> in the <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/tag/1353-1349/constitution/?utm=bodytag" target="_blank"><strong>Constitution. </strong></a></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The constitution says that judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts are appointed by the President and speaks of a process of consultation.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Background for Current collegium coming into existence</strong></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The <strong>First Judges Case</strong> (1981) ruled that the “consultation” with the CJI in the matter of appointments must be full and effective. However, it rejected the idea that the CJI’s opinion should have primacy.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The <strong>Second Judges Case</strong> (1993) introduced the Collegium system, holding that “consultation” really meant “concurrence”. It added that it was not the CJI’s individual opinion, but an institutional opinion formed in consultation with the two senior-most judges of the <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/tag/Supreme_Court/?utm=bodytag" target="_blank"><strong>Supreme Court. </strong></a></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The <strong>Third Judges Case</strong> (1998) expanded the Collegium to a five-member body, comprising the CJI and four of his senior-most colleagues.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Collegium Procedure</strong></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The <strong>President of India</strong> appoints the <strong>CJI</strong> and the other <strong>SC judges</strong>. As far as the CJI is concerned, the outgoing CJI recommends his successor who is the seniormost judge of the Supreme court according to convention. The Union Law Minister forwards the recommendation to the Prime Minister who, in turn, advises the President.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">For appointing the <strong>judges of the Supreme court</strong>, the proposal is initiated by the CJI. The CJI consults the rest of the Collegium members, as well as the senior-most judge<strong> </strong>of the court hailing from the High Court to which the recommended person belongs. The Collegium sends the recommendation to the Law Minister, who forwards it to the Prime Minister to advise the President.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The <strong>Chief Justice of High Courts </strong>is appointed as per the policy of having Chief Justices from outside the respective States. The Collegium takes the call on the elevation as well as transfers.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Drawbacks of the system</strong></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Opaqueness and a lack of transparency, and the scope for nepotism are considered as a major issue in this process.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Majority opinions have asked for the need for transparency. In an effort to boost transparency, the Collegium’s resolutions are now posted online, but reasons are not given.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Kerala High Court held that the <strong>right to have access to the Internet </strong>is part of the fundamental right to education as well as the right to privacy under <strong>Article 21 </strong>of the Constitution.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Background</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> The verdict came on a petition filed by a student of third-semester B.A. English from a college at Chelanur, challenging her expulsion for not adhering to restrictions on the use of mobile phone and internet.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Details</strong></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The court observed that the action of the college authorities infringed the fundamental freedom as well as privacy and would adversely affect the future and career of students who want to acquire knowledge and compete with their peers. It said that such restriction could not be permitted to be enforced.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The college authorities had placed restrictions on the use of internet on the basis of Article 19(1)(a) of the constitution that restricts fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Right to Privacy</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The <strong>right to privacy</strong> is protected as an intrinsic part of the <strong>right to life and personal liberty</strong> under <strong>Article 21</strong> and as a part of the freedoms guaranteed by <strong>Part III of the Constitution</strong>.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Article 21</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It states that<em> “No person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to a procedure established by law”.</em></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Article 21</strong> secures two rights:</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>1) Right to life</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>2) Right to personal liberty.</strong></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Gauhati High Court has pulled up a foreigner’s tribunal in Assam that will deliver the final judgement for those excluded from the National Register of Citizens.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Background</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The final list of bonafide citizens under NRC was published on August 31, and excluded more than 19 lakh people. Foreigner’s tribunals are now reviewing their cases.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Details</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Foreigner’s Tribunal</strong></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Foreigners' Tribunals are Quasi judicial courts mandated to hear appeals of those excluded from the NRC.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The tribunals will be established in convenient locations to ensure that filing and hearing of appeals is smooth and efficient.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Under the provisions of Foreigners Act, 1946 and Foreigners Tribunal Order, 1964, only Foreigner Tribunals are empowered to declare a person as a foreigner.</span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Foreigners (Tribunals) Order, 1964 was issued by the Central Government under Section 3 of The Foreigners Act, 1946. It is applicable to the whole country.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Functions</strong></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It lays down the modalities for the Tribunals to decide on appeals made by persons not satisfied with the outcome of claims and objections filed against the NRC.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The tribunal will act like an institution that will provide assistance for individuals whose name does not figure in NRC list. It will give them chances to prove their citizenship claims.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Issue</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Ayodhya appeals hearing in the Supreme Court is likely to end on October 16, two days before the deadline.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Background</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Fourteen appeals were filed in the apex court against the 2010 Allahabad High Court judgment, delivered in four civil suits, that the 2.77-acre land in Ayodhya be partitioned equally among the three parties , the Sunni Waqf Board, the Nirmohi Akhara and Ram Lalla.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Details</strong></span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Ayodhya dispute is a political, historical and socio-religious debate in India, centred on a plot of land in the city of Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The issues revolve around access to a site traditionally regarded among Hindus to be the birthplace of the Hindu deity Rama, the history and location of the Babri Masjid at the site, and whether a previous Hindu temple was demolished or modified to create the mosque.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The issue gained political significance in 80’s with many right-wing parties and groups coming together to demand a temple in the disputed area.</span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">On December 6, 1992 during a rally under Ramjanmabhoomi movement, provocative speeches by various leaders resulted in demolition of Babri Masjid by a mob of activists.</span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Librahan Commission (Librahan Ayodhya Commission for Inquiry)</strong> was set up to investigate the destruction of the disputed structure of Babri Masjid under retired High Court Judge M. S. Liberhan by an order of the Indian Home Union Ministry.</span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The High Court also passed an order to the <strong>Archaeological Survey of India</strong> to find out if there would be evidence of temple beneath the Mosque.</span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The<strong> Archaeological Survey of India</strong> started excavation to find out the evidence of temple beneath the Babri-Masjid disputed land and submitted its report that there is evidence of temple on the basis of stone columns and pillars that might be representation of Hindu, Buddhist or Jaina elements.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court </strong>reserved its order and suggested all the parties to resolve issue through friendly discussion but unfortunately no one was interested.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Supreme Court appoints Redt. Justice <strong>Kalifullah</strong>, Senior advocate <strong>Sriram Panchu</strong> and Spiritual guru <strong>Sri Sri Ravishankar</strong> to act as <strong>mediator</strong>s between the parties of Ayodhya dispute. But there was no success.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p>
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<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Ayodhya dispute verdict, which is pending in Supreme Court since past nine years will be pronounced today.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Background</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The verdict in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land title case will be delivered by Supreme Court Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, bringing to a close one of modern India’s longest-running Hindu-Muslim disputes.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Details</strong></span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Ayodhya dispute is a political, historical and socio-religious debate in India, centred on a plot of land in the city of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayodhya" title="Ayodhya">Ayodhya</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a>.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The issues revolve around the control of a site traditionally regarded among Hindus to be the birthplace of the Hindu deity <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rama" title="Rama">Rama</a>, the history and location of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babri_Masjid" title="Babri Masjid">Babri Masjid</a> at the site, and whether a previous Hindu temple was demolished or modified to create the mosque.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Nirmohi Akhara, a religious denomination, had sought directions to construct a Ram temple on the disputed land in Ayodhya and wanted the management rights of the premises to be given to it.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Ram Lalla (or the infant Ram), represented by the Hindu Mahasabha, wanted the entire land to be handed over to them, with no part going to Muslim parties or the Nirmohi Akhara.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Sunni Waqf Board, which looks after religious properties, had demanded that the Babri Masjid be restored to the form that existed before it was brought down by Hindu groups on 6 December 1992.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Allahabad High court had pronounced its judgement on 30 September 2010 with majority decision of 2:1, and held that the 22.7 acres (1.12 ha) land located in Ayodhya will be divided into a three-way division, where one-third for the Sunni Waqf Board, one-third for the Nirmohi Akhara and one-third to the party for 'Ram Lalla' or infant Ram represented by the Hindu Maha Sabha.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Babri Masjid demolition</strong></span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">After a provocative speech by political leaders on 6th of december 1992, mob of violent political workers escaped protective barricades and destroyed the Babri Masjid, which was a disputed building in the Ayodhya case.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">To investigate the occurance of events, a committee was formed involving a retired judge, known as Liberhan commitee.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Background</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Ayodhya case was a dispute between Muslim and Hindu parties regarding a piece of land which the Hindus claimed to be the birth place of Lord Ram whereas the Muslims believed that the land belonged to the now-destroyed Babri Masjid.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Details</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Supreme court bench led by CJI Ranjan Gogoi have given unanimous decision regarding the ownership of the land which is as follows:</span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Supreme Court has granted the entire 2.77 acre of disputed land in Ayodhya to deity Ram Lalla.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Supreme Court has directed the Centre and Uttar Pradesh government to allot an alternative 5 acre land to the Muslims at a prominent place to build a mosque.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The court has asked Centre to consider granting some kind of representation to Nirmohi Akhara in setting up of trust. Nirmohi Akhara was the third party in the Ayodhya dispute.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Supreme Court dismissed the plea of Nirmohi Akhara, which was seeking control of the entire disputed land, saying they are the custodian of the land.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Supreme Court has directed the Union government to set up a trust in 3 months for the construction of the Ram mandir at the disputed site where Babri Masjid was demolished in 1992.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Supreme Court said the underlying structure below the disputed site at Ayodhya was not an Islamic structure, but the ASI has not established whether a temple was demolished to build a mosque.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The court also said that the Hindus consider the disputed site as the birthplace of Lord Ram while the Muslims also say the same about the Babri Masjid site.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The court also said that the faith of the Hindus that Lord Ram was born at the disputed site where the Babri Masjid once stood cannot be disputed.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Supreme Court also said that the 1992 demolition of the 16th century Babri Masjid mosque was a violation of law.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">While reading out its judgment, the Supreme Court said that the UP Sunni Central Waqf Board has failed to establish its case in Ayodhya dispute case and Hindus have established their case that they were in possession of outer courtyard of the disputed site.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) and Jamiat ulama i Hind announced have that they would file review petitions on the Supreme Court judgment in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Background</strong></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0in"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Details</strong></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The parties against the verdict have been thinking about challenging the apex court’s decision in front of a review bench.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">In India, a binding decision of the Supreme Court/High Court can be reviewed in Review Petition. The parties aggrieved on any order of the Supreme Court on any apparent error can file a review petition.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Review petitions</strong></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Article 137 of the Constitution provides that subject to provisions of any law and rule made under Article 145 the Supreme Court of India has the power to review any judgement pronounced (or order made) by it. </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Under Supreme Court Rules, 1966 such a petition needs to be filed within 30 days from the date of judgement or order.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It is also recommended that the petition should be circulated without oral arguments to the same bench of judges that delivered the judgement (or order) sought to be reviewed.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0in"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Background</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The petitioners claimed that amendments were brought to reverse the effect of the decision in the Indra Sawhney case of 1992 (Mandal Commission case), in which the Supreme Court had excluded the creamy layer of OBCs from reservation benefits.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Details</strong></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">In Jarnail Singh vs Lachhmi Narain Gupta (2018), the court dealt with a batch of appeals relating to two reference orders, first by a two-judge Bench and then by a three-judge Bench, on the correctness of the Supreme Court’s judgment in M Nagaraj & Others vs Union of India (2006). </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Nagaraj case, in turn, had arisen out of a challenge to the validity of four Constitution amendments, which the court eventually upheld.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The court said reservation should be applied in a limited sense, otherwise it will perpetuate casteism in the country.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">when a Court applies the creamy layer principle to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, it does not in any manner tinker with the Presidential List under Articles 341 or 342. It is only those persons within that group or sub-group, who have come out of untouchability or backwardness by virtue of belonging to the creamy layer, who are excluded from the benefit of reservation.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Important amendments</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>77th Amendment:</strong> It introduced Clause 4A to the Constitution, empowering the state to make provisions for reservation in matters of promotion to SC/ST employees if the state feels they are not adequately represented.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>82nd Amendment:</strong> It inserted a proviso at the end of Article 335 to enable the state to make any provision for SC/STs “for relaxation in qualifying marks in any examination or lowering the standards of evaluation, for reservation in matters of promotion to any class or classes of services or posts in connection with the affairs of the Union or of a State”.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>85th Amendment:</strong> It said reservation in promotion can be applied with consequential seniority for the SC/ST employee.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Way Forward</strong></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The whole object of reservation is to see that backward classes of citizens move forward so that they may march hand in hand with other citizens of India on an equal basis. </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">This will not be possible if only the creamy layer within that class bag all the coveted jobs in the public sector and perpetuate themselves, leaving the rest of the class as backward as they always were.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Important amendments</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>77th Amendment:</strong> It introduced Clause 4A to the Constitution, empowering the state to make provisions for reservation in matters of promotion to SC/ST employees if the state feels they are not adequately represented.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>82nd Amendment:</strong> It inserted a proviso at the end of Article 335 to enable the state to make any provision for SC/STs “for relaxation in qualifying marks in any examination or lowering the standards of evaluation, for reservation in matters of promotion to any class or classes of services or posts in connection with the affairs of the Union or of a State”.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>85th Amendment:</strong> It said reservation in promotion can be applied with consequential seniority for the SC/ST employee.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Way Forward</strong></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The whole object of reservation is to see that backward classes of citizens move forward so that they may march hand in hand with other citizens of India on an equal basis. </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">This will not be possible if only the creamy layer within that class bag all the coveted jobs in the public sector and perpetuate themselves, leaving the rest of the class as backward as they always were.</span></span></p>
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It defeats the entire purpose of introducing VVPAT and renders judgement and directions passed by apex completely otiose.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">VVPAT Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT)</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It is device which dispenses slip with symbol of party for which person has voted for. The slip appears on small window for 7 seconds and then drops in box. The voter cannot take this slip at home. The VVPAT slip displays candidate’s serial number, Name of the candidate and Corresponding symbol for whom the vote has been cast.<strong> </strong>VVPAT machines will be used for the first time in all polling booths along with EVMs in 2019 Lok Sabha elections<strong>. </strong>They were deployed in some parliamentary and assembly bypolls.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Previous EC Guideline</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Currently, EC was following one EVM per assembly segment guidelines wherein there was random counting of VVPAT machines in one booth of each assembly segment. It was decided by draw of lots or lottery system in the presence of candidates to select random booth.</span></span></span></span></p> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'sc-directs-ec-increase-random-checking-vvpat-slips', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/ca7d/yihl4uts3pr3ft96g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/ca7d/yihl4uts3pr3ft96g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'SC directs EC to increase random checking of VVPAT slips', 'metakeyword' => 'In National Current Affairs, SC directs EC to increase random checking of VVPAT slips', 'metadescription' => 'Supreme Court has directed Election Commission of India (ECI) to increase random matching of Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) machine ', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/3aixx4lwbsqd139/SC_directs_EC_to_increase.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 2 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Judiciary & Judgments', 'keyword' => 'judiciary-judgments', 'id' => (int) 1132, 'title' => 'UN not state under Article 12: Delhi HC', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">The Delhi High court has held that United Nations Organization (UNO) is not ‘State’ in terms of Article 12 of the Constitution of India and is thus not amenable to Article 226 jurisdiction.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">What is the case?</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">The Delhi HC passed this judgment in petition concerning immunity enjoyed by UNO under United Nations (Privileges and Immunities) Act, 1947. The petitioner was former employee of UNO who was found guilty of misconduct pursuant to findings of Procurement Task Force. The petitioner also had faced trial in United States and after serving his sentence, he was deported to India. Thereafter, the petitioner sought permission of Union Ministry of External Affairs to initiate legal action against UNO in terms of section 86 of Civil Procedure Code, 1908. (This provision provides that foreign State may be sued in any Court with the consent of Central government).</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> MEA had stated that consent of Union Government was not required to initiate legal suit against UNO as it was not foreign State and but is only International Organization. It, however, added that UNO and its officials enjoyed immunity under United Nations (Privileges and Immunities) Act, 1947. It also stated that as per Section 2 of Article II of Schedule of Act, 1947, UNO has immunity from every form of legal process except insofar as in any particular case it has expressly waived its immunity. The same became subject matter of the petition filed before the High Court. </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Constitutional Provisions</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Article 12:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> Its states state in context of Part III (Fundamental Rights) of Constitution includes Government and Parliament of India, Government and Legislature of each of State, all local or other authorities within territory of India or under control of Union of India. </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Article 226:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> It empowers high courts to issue directions, orders or writs, including writs in the nature of habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition, quo warranto, certiorari or any of them to any person or authority, including government (in appropriate cases).</span></span></span></span></p> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'un-not-state-under-article-12', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/ee06/btccio4c4760wx96g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/ee06/btccio4c4760wx96g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'UN not state under Article 12: Delhi HC', 'metakeyword' => 'Delhi High court has held that United Nations Organization (UNO) is not ‘State’ in terms of Article 12 of the Constitution of India and is thus not amenable to Article 226 jurisdiction.', 'metadescription' => 'Delhi High court has held that United Nations Organization (UNO) is not ‘State’ in terms of Article 12 of the Constitution of India and is thus not amenable to Article 226 jurisdiction.', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/lei805ztuz78ztg/UN_not_state.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 3 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Judiciary & Judgments', 'keyword' => 'judiciary-judgments', 'id' => (int) 1186, 'title' => 'President appoints 4 new judges of Supreme Court', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">President of India Ram Nath Kovind in exercise of powers under Article 124 (2) has appointed four judges to Supreme Court. They are <em>Justice Aniruddha Bose, Justice A S Bopanna, Justice B R Gavai and Justice Surya Kant</em>. With appointment of these four judges, SC will now function with its full sanctioned strength of 31 judges, including Chief Justice of India. At present, the apex court has strength of 27 judges. </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Appointment Procedure:</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Article 124(3) of the constitution:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> It mentions following criteria for people eligible to become a Supreme Court (SC) Judge (i) High Court (HC) judge who has held that post for 5 years or more. (ii) Advocate who has practiced in HC/SC for 10 years or more. (iii) Distinguished Jurist (no judge appointed on this basis till date).</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Article 124(2):</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> It says that judges of Supreme Court can be appointed by President of India after <strong>consultation</strong> with such number of Judges of the SC/HCs as he deems necessary. For appointment of any Judge of SC other than Chief Justice of India (CJI), CJI must be consulted.</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Collegium system: </span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It was formalized by three Judges cases of 1981, 1993 & 1998 for the purpose of consultation mentioned in Article 124 (2). The collegium for appointing SC judge consists of CJI and four senior-most judges of SC.</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Memorandum of Procedure (MoP)</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">: It was evolved after Third Judge Case of 1998 to provide the process for Collegium to recommend names for appointments to the Executive. As per it, President of India can either accept recommendation or send it back for reconsideration. The reconsidered advice is binding on President and he must accept it.</span></span></span></span></li> </ul> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'president-4-new-judges-supreme-court', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/12a5/x3z979r808le7916g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/12a5/x3z979r808le7916g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'President appoints 4 new judges of Supreme Court', 'metakeyword' => 'President of India Ram Nath Kovind in exercise of powers under Article 124 (2) has appointed four judges to Supreme Court', 'metadescription' => 'President of India Ram Nath Kovind in exercise of powers under Article 124 (2) has appointed four judges to Supreme Court', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/edgd1otzlpa12i6/President_appoints.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 4 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Judiciary & Judgments', 'keyword' => 'judiciary-judgments', 'id' => (int) 1320, 'title' => 'High Court declares all animals in Haryana as legal persons', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">The Punjab and Haryana High Court has accorded status of “legal person or entity” to animals in Haryana, granting them “corresponding rights, duties and liabilities of a living person”. It also asserted that animals might be mute but we as a society have to speak on their behalf.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Note</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">The verdict of Punjab and Haryana HC comes nearly a year after Uttarakhand HC passed similar order to protect and promote greater welfare of animals. Both orders were written by Justice Rajiv Sharma, who was transferred from Uttarakhand to Punjab and Haryana High Court at Chandigarh in 2018. Justice Sharma was also part of bench in Uttarkahand that had in 2017 declared rivers Ganga and Yamuna as living entities, a verdict that was later stayed by Supreme Court.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Punjab and Haryana HC Ruling</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Entire animal kingdom, including avian and aquatic, had a right to life (under Article 21) and bodily integrity, honour and dignity, are entitled to justice.</span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Animals and birds could not be treated merely as objects or property and they have legal rights like humans.</span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Animals should be healthy, well nourished, comfortable, safe, able to express innate behavior without fear, painand distress.</span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Declared all citizens throughout Haryana as persons in loco parentis (meaning – in place of parent) as the human face for welfare/protection of animals.</span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Directed Police to ensure that carts driven by animals were given the right of way to avoid inconvenience to animals.</span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Bans their deployment for pulling vehicles in extreme cold and heat conditions and also fixed load to be carried by animals.</span></span></span></span></li> </ul> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'high-court-declares-all-animals-haryana-legal-persons', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/1dd9/sk7394v7d818lw86g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/1dd9/sk7394v7d818lw86g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'High Court declares all animals in Haryana as legal persons', 'metakeyword' => 'Punjab and Haryana High Court, accords, status of legal person or entity, animals, Haryana, granting, corresponding rights, duties and liabilities of a living person', 'metadescription' => 'Punjab and Haryana High Court, accords, status of legal person or entity, animals, Haryana, granting, corresponding rights, duties and liabilities of a living person', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/3xs34c4oaxummkl/High_Court_declares_all_animals_in_Haryana_as_legal_persons.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 5 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Judiciary & Judgments', 'keyword' => 'judiciary-judgments', 'id' => (int) 1578, 'title' => 'Bombay High Court uphelds Maratha reservation with cuts', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Bombay High Court upheld Maharashtra government’s decision to provide reservation to Maratha community under the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) Act, 2018. However, the court ruled that 16 % quota granted by state is not “justifiable” and reduced it to 12% in education and 13 % in government jobs, as recommended by the Maharashtra State Backward Class Commission (MSBCC).</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">HC Jugdement</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">In exceptional circumstances, limit of 50% reservation set out by Supreme Court in Indra Sawhney case of 1992 can be crossed subject to availability of quantifiable and contemporaneous data reflecting backwardness, inadequacy of representation and without affecting the efficiency in administration.</span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">While the backwardness of Maratha community was not comparable to SCs and STs, it was comparable to several other backward classes, which find place in list of Other Backward Classes pursuant to the Mandal Commission.</span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">State government has legislative competence to create a separate category of Socially and Educationally Backward Class (SEBC) and grant reservation.</span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It also held that though Maratha community had sufficient representation not to warrant reservation in the political arena, but that does not make it socially advanced.</span></span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Indra Sawhney case (also known as Mandal case):</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> In 1992, nine-judge constitutional bench of Supreme Court had ruled that total reservation for backward classes could not go beyond 50 %.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Total Reservation in Maharashtra</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">The addition of 12-13</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">% </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Maratha quota will take the total reservation in the state to 64-65</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">%</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">. Prior to this, in Maharashtra, following 2001 State Reservation Act, the total reservation is 52</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">%</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">. This includes quotas for SC (13%), ST (7%), OBC (19%), Special Backward Class (2%), Vimukti Jati (3%), Nomadic Tribe B (2.5%), Nomadic Tribe C-Dhangar (3.5%) and Nomadic Tribe D-Vanjari (2%). The quotas for Nomadic Tribes and Special Backward Classes have been carved out of the total OBC quota.</span></span></span></span></p> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'bombay-hc-uphelds-maratha-reservation-with-cuts', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/9b10/c1ckljuo2ov64jl6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/9b10/c1ckljuo2ov64jl6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'Bombay HC uphelds Maratha reservation with cuts', 'metakeyword' => 'Bombay High Court upheld Maharashtra government’s decision to provide reservation to Maratha community under the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) Act, 2018', 'metadescription' => 'Bombay High Court upheld Maharashtra government’s decision to provide reservation to Maratha community under the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) Act, 2018', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/tbj9e2f02emp1uo/Bombay_High_Court_uphelds_Maratha_cuts.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 6 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Judiciary & Judgments', 'keyword' => 'judiciary-judgments', 'id' => (int) 535, 'title' => 'Justice Pinaki Ghose sworn in as first Lokpal of India', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Justice Pinaki Ghose was sworn in as first Lokpal of India, national anti-corruption ombudsman of the country. He was oath to office by President Ram Nath Kovind. His appointment was approved by President based on recommendation of Lokpal selection panel chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and comprised of Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, eminent jurist Mukul Rohatgi. Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge was not present in meeting of selection panel. President also has appointed four judicial and four non-judicial members of the Lokpal. They are</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Judicial Members: </span></strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Dilip B. Bhosale (Former Chief Justice), Pradip Kumar Mohanty (Former Chief Justice), Abhilasha Kumari (Former Chief Justice), Ajay Kumar Tripathi (sitting Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh).</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Non-Judicial Members:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"> Archana Ramasundaram (First woman Chief of Sashastra Seema Bal), Dinesh Kumar Jain (Former Chief Secretary, Maharashtra), Mahender Singh (Former IRS officer), Indrajeet Prasad Gautam (Former IAS officer).</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Lokpal</span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It is national anti-corruption authority or body of ombudsmen with jurisdiction over central government to inquire into allegations of corruption against its public functionaries and for matters connected to corruption.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Historical Background</span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">The institution of ombudsman originated in Scandinavian (referred to Norway, Denmark and Sweden) countries. It first came into being in Sweden in 1713 as “chancellor of justice” appointed by King to assist as invigilator by looking into functioning of a wartime government. Word Lokpal is derived from Sanskrit word “Loka” meaning people and “pala” meaning protector or caretaker. Together it means “protector of people”. </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Statutory Backing</span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Lokpal and Lokayukta Act, 2013 provides for establishment of Lokpal for Centre and Lokayukta for States to inquire into allegations of corruption against certain public functionaries and for related matters.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It extends to whole of India, including Jammu & Kashmir. It is applicable to “public servants” within and outside India. It mandates for creation of Lokpal for Union and Lokayukta for states.</span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Structure of Lokpal</span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It is statutory body without any constitutional backing. It is multimember body, made up of one chairperson and maximum of 8 members. </span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Person to be appointed as chairperson of Lokpal should be either the former Chief Justice of India or former Judge of Supreme Court or eminent person.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">In this case, eminent person must have impeccable integrity and outstanding ability, special knowledge and expertise of minimum 25 years in matters relating to anti-corruption policy, public administration, vigilance, finance including insurance and banking, law and management.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Out of maximum eight members, four are judicial members and four are non judicial. Minimum 50% of members must be from SC/ST/OBC/minorities and women. Judicial members should be either a former Judge of Supreme Court or former Chief Justice of High Court.</span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Jurisdiction of Lokpal</span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It includes Prime Minister under its ambit. But except in cases on allegations of corruption related to international relations, security, public order, atomic energy and space. Moreover, bench of Lokpal and at least two-thirds of members approve an inquiry. </span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It also has jurisdiction over ministers and MPs (but not in matter of anything said in Parliament or a vote given there).</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It also cover all categories of public servants viz, Group A, B, C or D officers defined as such under Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. </span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Any corruption complaint against Group A and B officers, after inquiry, will directly come to Lokpal. However, in case of Group C and D officers, Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) will investigate and report to Lokpal. </span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Powers of Lokpal</span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Superintendence over CBI and give direction to CBI. </span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Investigating officer of case transferred to CBI by Lokpal cannot be transferred without its approval.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It can authorize CBI for search and seizure operations connected to such case.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Its Inquiry Wing is vested with the powers of a civil court.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It can confiscate assets, proceeds, receipts and benefits arisen or procured by means of corruption in special circumstances</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It can recommend transfer or suspension of public servant connected with allegation of corruption.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It can give directions to prevent destruction of records during preliminary inquiry.</span></span></span></li> </ul> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'justice-pinaki-ghose-sworn-in-first-lokpal-india', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/9b61/qk0ccozu34ptf2c6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/9b61/qk0ccozu34ptf2c6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'Justice Pinaki Ghose sworn in as first Lokpal of India', 'metakeyword' => 'In National Current Affairs,Justice Pinaki Ghose, sworn in, first, Lokpal of India, national anti-corruption ombudsman, President Ram Nath Kovind.', 'metadescription' => 'Justice Pinaki Ghose was sworn in as first Lokpal of India, national anti-corruption ombudsman of the country. He was oath to office by President Ram Nath Kovind.', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/ptqt378pnpc3xqc/Justice_Pinaki_Ghose.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 7 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Judiciary & Judgments', 'keyword' => 'judiciary-judgments', 'id' => (int) 1811, 'title' => 'First in 28 years CJI allows FIR against sitting HC judge', 'description' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="color:black">Context:</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <ul style="list-style-type:square"> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="color:black">Chief Justice of India Ranjan (CJI) Gogoi has allowed <strong>the Central Bureau of Investigation</strong> (CBI) <strong>to lodge an FIR against justice S.N. Shukla of the Allahabad High Court</strong></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">This comes only a few days after justice Shukla requested CJI Gogoi to restore judicial functions to his jurisdiction. </span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">CJI Gogoi had ordered to take away his judicial functions in January 2018. </span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="color:black">Justice Shukla’s prosecution is<strong> the 1<sup>st</sup> such case since the 1991 Supreme Court judgement in Veeraswamy Case</strong></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Why would Justice S.N. Shukla be prosecuted?</span></strong></span></span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Why would Justice S.N. Shukla be prosecuted?</span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="color:black">Justice Shukla is accused of<strong> favouring a private medical college </strong>by extending the deadline for admission of students in contravention of the existing rules.</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="color:black">About the prosecution judges of the higher judiciary (Supreme Court and High Courts) in India:</span></span></strong></span></span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="color:black">About the prosecution judges of the higher judiciary (Supreme Court and High Courts) in India:</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="color:black">Prosecution of judges of the high court and the Supreme Court were <strong>not allowed till July 1991.</strong></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="color:black">Veeraswamy case, 1991:</span></span></strong></span></span></li> <li style="list-style-type:none"> <ul> <li> <ul style="list-style-type:square"> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="color:black">Justice Veeraswany of Madras High Court had challenged the government’s decision of booking him in a corruption case of, 1976.</span></span></strong></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="color:black">His argument was 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request of the Chief Justice of India, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday (31/07/2019) <strong>decided to increase the number of Supreme Court judges from 31 to 34.</strong></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">About the strength of the Supreme Court:</span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">At present</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">, the sanctioned strength of the court is <strong>30, excluding the Chief Justice of India.</strong></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Once the Bill gets parliamentary approval</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">, the number of judges will go up to 33, excluding the CJI.</span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">According to a <strong>written reply by the Law Ministr</strong>y to a Rajya Sabha question on July <strong>11, 59,331 cases are pending in the top court.</strong></span></span></span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Request by the CJI to increase the strength:</span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Due to paucity of judges, the required number of Constitution Benches</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> to decide important cases <strong>was not being formed, the CJI wrote. </strong></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">“You would recall that <strong>way back in 1988,</strong> about three decades ago, the <strong>judge strength of the SC was increased from 18 to 26, and then again after two decades in 2009, it was increased to 31, including the CJI,</strong> to expedite disposal of cases to keep pace with the rate of institution” he said in the request.</span></span></span></li> </ul> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'cabinet-nod-for-more-supreme-court-judges', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/4a9f/ahpuz0adk5xq4lg6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/4a9f/ahpuz0adk5xq4lg6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'Cabinet nod for more Supreme Court judges', 'metakeyword' => 'Cabinet nod for more Supreme Court judges, Supreme Court judges', 'metadescription' => 'Acting at the request of the 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style="background-color:white">A Bench of Justices G.S. Sistani and Jyoti Singh asked the city government, the Delhi Police and other stakeholders <strong>to prepare an action plan to make the Capital "crime free for women".</strong></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Other directions:</span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">It also <strong>questioned why over 3,000 crore is lying unused in the Nirbhaya Fund,</strong> which was announced in 2013, when it <strong>“could have been used for installing CCTVs and streetlights”.</strong> </span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">It also said that <strong>a special task force should be formed</strong> and <strong>police officials be given motorcycles so that they can access dark spots </strong>in the city.</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="background-color:white">After considering the suggestions given by advocate <strong>Meera Bhatia, who was appointed amicus curiae to assist the court </strong>in the case, the <strong>Bench asked the Public Works Department to ensure that all streetlights are functional.</strong></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="background-color:white">It further directed that <strong>more staff be recruited in 44 police stations. </strong>These stations have been identified as having <strong>areas</strong> under their jurisdiction <strong>that have been flagged as vulnerable spots for crime based on a crime-mapping exercise.</strong></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Bench said that <strong>women police officers in plain clothes be deployed </strong>so that <strong>repeat offenders are brought to book. </strong></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">It also asked the police to <strong>file an affidavit complying with the court’s direction and to submit a monthly report.</strong></span></span></span></span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Installation of CCTVs so far:</span></strong></span></span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The police said that CCTVs had been installed in 179 of 182 police stations.</span></span></span></span></li> </ul> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'delhi-crime-free-for-women', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/c0ea/0xm5h31uxrwuvdy6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/c0ea/0xm5h31uxrwuvdy6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'Form action plan to make Delhi crime-free', 'metakeyword' => 'crime-free for women, Delhi crime-free for women, ', 'metadescription' => 'A Bench of Justices G.S. Sistani and Jyoti Singh asked the city government, the Delhi Police and other stakeholders to prepare an action', 'author' => null, 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/5a5f288d8dmn2nl/Cabinet_nod_for_more_Supreme_Court_judges.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 10 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Judiciary & Judgments', 'keyword' => 'judiciary-judgments', 'id' => (int) 2134, 'title' => 'Krishna water dispute', 'description' => '<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><strong>Issue</strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Maharashtra and Karnataka Chief Ministers have agreed to jointly oppose Andhra Pradesh’s application seeking a relook at the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal’s 2010 order on water distribution between the states<span style="font-size:13.5pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span style="color:black">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><strong>Background</strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal (KWDT) is a tribunal set up by the Central Government in 1969 under the Interstate River Water Disputes Act, 1956 to resolve the disputes between the states of Karnataka, Maharashtra and then undivided Andhra Pradesh over sharing of Krishna river water.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><strong>Details</strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">As new grievances arose between the states, the second KWDT was instituted in 2004. It delivered its report in 2010, which made allocations of the Krishna water at 65 per cent dependability and for surplus flows.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Andhra Pradesh has since asked that Telangana be included as a separate party at the KWDT and that the allocation of Krishna waters be reworked among four states, instead of three.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Telangana was created following bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, which means that allocation of water should be from Andhra Pradesh’s share as approved by the tribunal.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Andhra Pradesh wants reconstitution of the tribunal and a new proposal for water sharing. This move is being opposed by Karnataka and Maharashtra, the other basin states of Krishna river.</span></span></p> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><strong>Krishna river</strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The Krishna is an east-flowing river that originates at Mahabaleshwar in Maharashtra and merges with the Bay of Bengal, flowing through Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Together with its tributaries, it forms a vast basin that covers 33% of the total area of the four states.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><strong>Tribunals</strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="background-color:white"><span style="color:#222222">River tribunals are constituted based on ‘The Interstate River Water Disputes Act, 1956’which is an Act of the Parliament of India enacted under <strong>Article 262 </strong>of Constitution.</span></span></span></span></p> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'krishna-water-dispute', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/ea2c/g07r8rx0e8zysqn6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/ea2c/g07r8rx0e8zysqn6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'Krishna water dispute', 'metakeyword' => 'Krishna water dispute', 'metadescription' => 'River tribunals are constituted based on ‘The Interstate River Water Disputes Act, 1956’which is an Act of the Parliament of India enacted under Article 262 of Constitution.', 'author' => null, 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/zpnr53qabtrq4jf/Krishna_water_dispute.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 11 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Judiciary & Judgments', 'keyword' => 'judiciary-judgments', 'id' => (int) 2225, 'title' => 'Collegium of Judges', 'description' => '<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Issue</strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The recent controversy over the transfer of the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court, Justice Vijaya Tahilramani, to the Meghalaya High Court has once again brought up the debate on the functioning of the ‘Collegium’ of judges that makes appointments and transfers in the higher judiciary.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Background</strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Justice Tahilramani had requested for a reconsideration of the decision of collegium but the collegium headed by the CJI has dismissed the request citing strong reasons for their decision. Questions have been asked regarding the method of appointment of the judges through the collegium.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Details</strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Collegium can be defined as a system under which judges are appointed by an institution comprising judges.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Collegium of judges is the Supreme Court’s invention. It is <strong>not mentioned</strong> in the <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/tag/1353-1349/constitution/?utm=bodytag" target="_blank"><strong>Constitution. </strong></a></span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The constitution says that judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts are appointed by the President and speaks of a process of consultation.</span></span></p> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Background for Current collegium coming into existence</strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The <strong>First Judges Case</strong> (1981) ruled that the “consultation” with the CJI in the matter of appointments must be full and effective. However, it rejected the idea that the CJI’s opinion should have primacy.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The <strong>Second Judges Case</strong> (1993) introduced the Collegium system, holding that “consultation” really meant “concurrence”. It added that it was not the CJI’s individual opinion, but an institutional opinion formed in consultation with the two senior-most judges of the <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/tag/Supreme_Court/?utm=bodytag" target="_blank"><strong>Supreme Court. </strong></a></span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The <strong>Third Judges Case</strong> (1998) expanded the Collegium to a five-member body, comprising the CJI and four of his senior-most colleagues.</span></span></p> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Collegium Procedure</strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The <strong>President of India</strong> appoints the <strong>CJI</strong> and the other <strong>SC judges</strong>. As far as the CJI is concerned, the outgoing CJI recommends his successor who is the seniormost judge of the Supreme court according to convention. The Union Law Minister forwards the recommendation to the Prime Minister who, in turn, advises the President.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">For appointing the <strong>judges of the Supreme court</strong>, the proposal is initiated by the CJI. The CJI consults the rest of the Collegium members, as well as the senior-most judge<strong> </strong>of the court hailing from the High Court to which the recommended person belongs. 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It said that such restriction could not be permitted to be enforced.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The college authorities had placed restrictions on the use of internet on the basis of Article 19(1)(a) of the constitution that restricts fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression.</span></span></p> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Right to Privacy</strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The <strong>right to privacy</strong> is protected as an intrinsic part of the <strong>right to life and personal liberty</strong> under <strong>Article 21</strong> and as a part of the freedoms guaranteed by <strong>Part III of the Constitution</strong>.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Article 21</strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It states that<em> “No person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to a procedure established by law”.</em></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Article 21</strong> secures two rights:</span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>1) Right to life</strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>2) Right to personal liberty.</strong></span></span></p> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'right-to-access-internet-is-part-of-rte-and-right-to-privacy', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/ad8c/d5vimamagqppgqz6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/ad8c/d5vimamagqppgqz6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'Right to access internet is part of RTE and Right to Privacy', 'metakeyword' => 'The right to privacy is protected as an intrinsic part of the', 'metadescription' => 'The right to privacy is protected as an intrinsic part of the right to life and personal liberty under Article 21 and as a part of the freedoms guaranteed by Part III of ', 'author' => null, 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/aawh6o3jokc683a/Right_to_access_internet_is_part.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 13 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Judiciary & Judgments', 'keyword' => 'judiciary-judgments', 'id' => (int) 2464, 'title' => 'Foreigner’s tribunal', 'description' => '<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Issue</strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Gauhati High Court has pulled up a foreigner’s tribunal in Assam that will deliver the final judgement for those excluded from the National Register of Citizens.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0in"> </p> <p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Background</strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The final list of bonafide citizens under NRC was published on August 31, and excluded more than 19 lakh people. 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title="Rama">Rama</a>, the history and location of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babri_Masjid" title="Babri Masjid">Babri Masjid</a> at the site, and whether a previous Hindu temple was demolished or modified to create the mosque.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Nirmohi Akhara, a religious denomination, had sought directions to construct a Ram temple on the disputed land in Ayodhya and wanted the management rights of the premises to be given to it.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Ram Lalla (or the infant Ram), represented by the Hindu Mahasabha, wanted the entire land to be handed over to them, with no part going to Muslim parties or the Nirmohi Akhara.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Sunni Waqf Board, which looks after religious properties, had 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amendments were brought to reverse the effect of the decision in the Indra Sawhney case of 1992 (Mandal Commission case), in which the Supreme Court had excluded the creamy layer of OBCs from reservation benefits.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0in"> </p> <p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Details</strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">In Jarnail Singh vs Lachhmi Narain Gupta (2018), the court dealt with a batch of appeals relating to two reference orders, first by a two-judge Bench and then by a three-judge Bench, on the correctness of the Supreme Court’s judgment in M Nagaraj & Others vs Union of India (2006). </span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Nagaraj case, in turn, had arisen out of a challenge to the validity of four Constitution amendments, which the court eventually upheld.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The court said reservation should be applied in a limited sense, otherwise it will perpetuate casteism in the country.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It is made clear that even if the State has compelling reasons, it will have to see that its reservation provision does not lead to excessiveness so as to breach the ceiling-limit of 50% or obliterate the creamy layer or extend the reservation indefinitely”. In other words, the court extended the creamy layer principle to SCs and STs too.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Last year, a five-judge Constitution Bench refused to refer the Nagaraj verdict to a larger bench. It held as “invalid” the requirement laid down by the Nagaraj verdict that states should collect quantifiable data on the backwardness of SCs and STs in granting quota in promotions.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">when a Court applies the creamy layer principle to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, it does not in any manner tinker with the Presidential List under Articles 341 or 342. 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