Polity DMPQ

  The act increased the number of additional or non-official members in the legislative councils. Hence representation was increased both in Central legislative councils and State provincial council. The members were given the right to ask the questions on budget or matters of public interest but they had to give 6 days prior notice. It … Read more

Allegation of corruption in the court. No mechanism to look into the corruption charges on the judges. Interference of CBI in the working of judiciary amounts to executive control over the judiciary, which goes against the basic principles of the constitution that is judicial independence The chief justice constituting a 5 judge bench including himself … Read more

The provisions for the actual conduct of elections to the Houses of Parliament and the House or Houses of the Legislature of each State, the qualifications and disqualifications for the membership of these Houses, the corrupt practices and other election offences, and the decision of election disputes were all left to be made in a … Read more

52nd CAA introduces anti defection law which makes defection  a difficult process. The  objective of the law was to prevent horse trading  and use of money power in getting required support in the parliament and assemblies. It has able to achieve the desired objectives but it is not immune from criticism. The issues with anti-defection … Read more

. The Constitution has constituted the Supreme Court as the guarantor and defender of the fundamental rights of the citizens. The Supreme Court is empowered to issue writs including habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition, quo-warrento and certiorari for the enforcement of the fundamental rights of an aggrieved citizen. In this regard, the Supreme Court has original … Read more

Benami transaction are one of the major source for parking the unaccounted wealth by the individuals and firms. Strong laws will help to curb the menace of benami transaction and hence the black money and eventually corruption. It was one of the step taken by the Govt. to deal with the issue of corruption.  The … Read more

Constitutional status was accorded to the cooperative societies via 97th Constitutional amendment act. Apart from providing for the right to form cooperative societies to be a fundamental right under Article 19 of the Constitution of India and insertion of Article 43B under the Directive Principles of State Policy on promotion of cooperative societies, the amendment … Read more

During the post-colonial period, the framers of the Indian Constitution envisaged a uniform civil code governing the personal laws in the country and thereby incorporated Article 44 in Part IV of the Indian Constitution in furtherance of the Directive Principles of State Policy. Thereby, making it incumbent on the state to secure for the citizens … Read more

Parliament is a law making body and deliberation house. But over the period of time the standards of debates have decreased and law after getting out of parliament is under judicial scrutiny is a common affair. The reasons for the lowering of parliamentary standards are as: The ethical standards of legislators have declined at the … Read more