In News Recently, the Government introduced a Bill in the Lok Sabha to amend the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, seeking to increase the role of district magistrates and additional district magistrates in supervising various aspects of the law. Rationale behind this The Bill addresses some of the gaps flagged by […]
In News Recently, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has notified the Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Rules, 2021, which lay the terms of drone usage by individuals and businesses as well as terms of research, testing, production and import of these vehicles. The new rules set a regulatory framework aimed at encouraging the use of drones […]
In News A plea has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Centre to frame guidelines for compensation to victims of Wrongful Prosecution and implements the recommendations of Law Commission Report No-277 on Miscarriage of Justice in 2018. Key Points – India has no effective statutory/legal Mechanism for wrongful prosecutions due to […]
In News Recently, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has introduced the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2021 in Lok Sabha, which gives more discretionary powers to the Lieutenant Governor (L-G) of Delhi. About the Amendment Bill It proposes to amend Sections 21, 24, 33 and 44 of the 1991 Act. […]
In News Recently, the Supreme Court (SC) has asked the Centre to respond to a plea challenging the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991. Background The plea challenged various provisions of the Act. Section 2, 3, 4 not only offend the right to pray, practice and propagate religion (Article 25), the right to manage, […]
In News The Centre will allow residents to fill columns in the National Population Register (NPR) forms on their own through online mode. Key Points The demographic and other particulars of each family and individual are to be collected/ updated during the updation exercise of NPR. No documents or biometrics would be collected during the […]
In News Recently, various private companies have directed themselves towards setting up New Umbrella Entities (NUEs) for payment systems. Background The idea of NUEs was floated by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to create an alternate mechanism to the existing National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has proposed […]
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