Proxy voting raises many complex issues
Why in News Union Cabinet on Wednesday agreed to amend the electoral laws to let NRIs nominate persons to vote on their behalf in the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections.The…
Cabinet clears minimum wage code bill
In News Union cabinet cleared the first of the four labour codes on wages, paving way for consolidation of more than a dozen different central labour laws dealing with wages…
States can’t enact law on parliamentary secretaries: SC
Why in news ? SC ruling : state assemblies hold no power to enact a law that enables them to appoint parliamentary secretaries. Parliamentary secretary A Parliament Secretary is similar to…
SC stays cattle sale rules across nation
In News Supreme Court stayed the Centre’s May 26 notification, banning cattle sale in livestock markets for slaughter and religious sacrifices. Background Notification for implementation of Prevention of Cruelty to…
Minimum qualifications for cooperative societies’ polls
In News Rajasthan has become the country’s first State to lay down the minimum educational qualifications for contesting elections to village cooperative societies and various other cooperative bodies. Changes and…
Committee formed to study legalities for separate State flag
Why In News ? Karnataka state has constituted a nine-member committee headed by Principal Secretary, Department of Kannada and Culture, to study and submit a report to the government on…
Government merges Ministries of Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
In News The government has merged the urban development and housing and urban poverty alleviation ministries. Now this will be known as Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA). This is third…
SC stays HC verdict on Ganga status
In News The Supreme Court froze the status of legal persons accorded to rivers Ganga and Yamuna by the Uttarakhand High Court in March 2017. Background High Court had invoked…
Formalise Election Commissioners appointment through law
Formalise Election Commissioners appointment through law Source : The Hindu GS II : Appointment to various Constitutional posts, powers, functions and responsibilities of various Constitutional Bodies In News The court…
Divorce law for Muslims
In the news Centre informed a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court (SC) that it considered all forms of Muslim divorce unilateral, extrajudicial, unequal. Centre enact a new divorce law for…