Pendency of Important Cases – UPSC GS2
Concerns associated with high Pendency of cases in the Supreme Court Pendency of cases: As per the Vidhi Centre comprehensive tracker, […]
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Polity for Mains
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Corruption in Judiciary – UPSC GS2
Context: Former Chief Justice of India said that corruption has become an acceptable way of life in the Judiciary. Previous
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Electoral Bonds : Need for Judicial Intervention – UPSC GS2
Read basics of Electoral Bonds from Prelims Notes. Arguments against Electoral Bonds Scheme: Anything but transparent: Ensuring citizens have access
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SC Order : Yearlong MLA Suspension is illegal – UPSC GS2
Context: The Supreme Court revoked the one-year suspension of 12 MLAs from the Maharashtra Assembly, calling it an “irrational” act
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Election Freebies – UPSC GS2
Context: A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to seize
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Need to reform selection process of Election Commission – UPSC GS2
Current Process of appointment of EC and CEC: The Chief election commissioner and other ECs are appointed by the President
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Expenditure limits in Elections – UPSC GS2
New Expenditure Limits: Election Commission has raised the expenditure limit of candidates as follows: Lok Sabha Elections: Rs 95 lakh up from Rs 70
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Independence of Election Commission – UPSC GS2
Context: A letter written by the Law Ministry states that the Principal Secretary to PM ‘expects‘ the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC)
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Representation of People Act Amendment 2021 – UPSC GS2
Key electoral reforms approved by the Cabinet: Linking Aadhaar with electoral roll Linking of the Aadhaar Card with the Voter
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Curbing Criminalisation of Politics – UPSC GS2
Context: The SC asked ECI “to create a dedicated mobile application containing information published by candidates regarding their criminal antecedents”.