-The Hindu What is the trigger for the current conflict? Why did the Supreme Court strike down the law on National Judicial Appointments? What is the government’s grouse against the Collegium system? What is the new CJI planning? The story so far: A major confrontation is on between the Union government and the Supreme Court over the former’s resentment towards the Collegium system of appointments and its push to have a dominant...
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ECI seeks restrictions on cash donations to political parties, writes to government
-PTI/ The Hindu Chief Election Commissioner suggests a slew of amendments to RP Act to increase transparency and accountability on part of candidate The Election Commission has proposed reducing anonymous political donations to ₹2,000 from ₹20,000 and cap cash donations at 20% or at a maximum of ₹20 crore to cleanse election funding of black money, sources said on Monday. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar has written a letter to Union Law...
More »Nobody should cross ‘Lakshman Rekha’, says Law Minister after Supreme Court freezes sedition law
-The Hindu Congress, Left parties urge court to quash law Nobody should cross the ‘Lakshman Rekha’ and the court should respect the government and the legislature just as the government respects the court, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said on Wednesday after the Supreme Court stayed the sedition law, while the Opposition parties welcomed the order. Several parties including the Congress, the CPI and the CPI(M) urged the Supreme Court to quash the sedition...
More »Centre claims linking of Aadhaar to voter ID is voluntary – but bill in Parliament contradicts it -Umang Poddar
-Scroll.in A contentious clause in the legislation has made experts apprehensive. Among the changes introduced by the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021, which was passed by the Lok Sabha on Monday, is to allow electoral registration officers to ask new voters for their Aadhaar numbers to establish their identities. Officials could also use the 12-digit unique identification number linked to residents’ biometric details to authenticate the identities of already registered voters. The government has...
More »NEERI pitches for cage-free housings in poultry farms -Mayank Aggarwal
-Livemint.com A report by NEERI recommends that suitable rebate in tax or subsidies may be given to poultry farms to encourage owners to give up the present caged system New Delhi: Poultry owners should understand that animals raised for food too deserve to live free from cruelty, and so, layered battery-cage systems in India’s poultry industry should be replaced with cage-free housings in a phase-wise manner, according to a report by the...
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