Polity

Article 123 of the Constitution grants the President certain law making powers to promulgate Ordinances when either of the two Houses of Parliament is not in session and hence it is not possible to enact laws in the Parliament.      An ordinance may relate to any subject that the parliament has the power to legislate on. … Read more DMPQ: Re -promulgation of ordinance is a threat to the democratic set up. In light of the statement discuss what is ordinance making power of president? limitations on ordinance making power.

The Law Commission of India, in its 228th Report, had recommended prohibition of commercial surrogacy by enacting a suitable legislation. The statement of objects and reasons of the Bill says “Due to lack of legislation to regulate surrogacy, practice of surrogacy has been misused by the surrogacy clinics, which leads to rampant of commercial surrogacy and unethical … Read more DMPQ: Recently, loksabha passed the surrogacy(regulation ) bill. Discuss the features of the bill. (Acts/Bills)

Fundamental rights are enshrined in Part III of the Indian constitution. They are essential for the holistic development of the society and as well as individual. They are the foundational values which provide India a secular and democratic platform. But the rights are not absolute in nature. FR’s are subjected to reasonable restriction on the … Read more DMPQ- Fundamental rights are not absolute in Nature. There are certain limitations on FR’s. Comment.

Indian Judicial system. A plea bargain is an agreement in a criminal case in which a prosecutor and a defendant arrange to settle the case against the defendant. Plea bargaining was introduced through the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2005.   The defendant agrees to plead guilty in exchange for some agreement from the prosecutor as … Read more DMPQ: . Write a short note on plea bargaining?( POLITY)

Features of the act   The recently passed bill will amend the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961.  It increases the paid maternity leave for pregnant women working in the organised sector from 12 weeks to 26 weeks.  The 26 weeks of leave will be for the first two pregnancies.  For the third child, … Read more DMPQ: Maternity benefit amendment act (act)

The Committee was constituted under the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) in October,2015.  The report proposes an Education Policy, which seeks to address challenges faced by the current education system.  Key features of the proposed Policy are summarised below. Early childhood care and education was inconsistent across states. The committee recommended that ECCE for … Read more DMPQ: What was the mandate of New education policy in India? Outline its salient features.

Quasi-judicial bodies are such institutions which have power of enforcement of law but are notcourts. These bodies can inquire, investigate, summon & award legal penalties to anyadministrative agency. Generally these bodies have limited judiciary power in specialized areassuch as  NHRC/SHRC in human rights violation  CVC in corruption cases  CIC/SIC related to RTI … Read more DMPQ-What are quasi judicial bodies? Give some examples? (Polity)

This Movement is gathering pace in India in recent days and women are calling out influential men for alleged sexual harassment.  To prevent the sexual harassment at work place GOI came out with the act. The act basically broadens the vishakha guidelines of SC. The major features of the act are as follows: Definition of … Read more DMPQ: #Metoo movement was recently in news. What is this movement? Also discuss the salient features of the sexual harassment at workplace act, 2013.

Judicial activism, an approach to the exercise of judicial review, or a description of a particular judicial decision, in which a judge is generally considered more willing to decide constitutional issues and to invalidate legislative or executive actions. Its emergence can be traced back to 1893, when Justice Mahmood of Allahabad High Court delivered a … Read more DMPQ- Evaluate the judicial activism in India.

Types Of Corruption Systemic corruption As opposed to exploiting occasional opportunities, endemic or systemic corruption is when corruption is an integrated and essential aspect of the economic, social and political system, when it is embedded in a wider situation that helps sustain it. Systemic corruption is not a special category of corrupt practice, but rather … Read more DMPQ- Explain the different types of Corruption.