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20th September 2022 (6 Topics)

20th September 2022

QUIZ - 20th September 2022

5 Questions

5 Minutes

Mains Question:

Question:1. Capital punishment has always been a point of contradiction in the Indian Judiciary. Do you think that the death penalty is an appropriate mode for society in the present era? Comment (150 words)

Question Mapping

  • Subject: Polity & Governance (GS-II)
    • Sub-Topic: The Judiciary, Fundamental Rights

Approach

  • Introduction: brief about capital punishment in India
    • important provisions
    • Crimes associated with capital punishment
  • Law Commission Report
    • Rajendra Prasad v State of U.P
    • Bachchan Singh v State of Punjab
    • Mithu v. State of Punjab
  • Principle-based on capital punishment in India - the doctrine of 'rarest of the Rare' Cases:
  • Discuss its need in today’s era
  • Need of reformative measures
  • Sum up your answer with way forward

Editorials

Context:

  • India’s G20 presidency is a chance to propose a global governance framework that brings together common challenges of regulating Big Tech.

Need for a Policy roadmap:

  • Absence of well-placed legislation: In the past few years, policies and regulations in India have been tweaked and amended to expand their scope and bring within their ambit internet companies, especially Big Tech.
  • Need for Digital India Act: A Digital India Act that was being prepared to replace the Information Technology Act, 2000, encompassing regulatory challenges facing the digital economy including anti-trust, data governance, intermediary liabilities, consumer protection, and the ethical use of technologies.
  • Need for Future-proof regulations: Digital platforms have now become our gateway to the internet. We need regulations that are future-proofed, essentially providing a method to carry out anti-trust investigations.

The Trendsetters:

  • General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): The European Union led the way on privacy with its General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) followed, more recently, by the Digital Services and Digital Market Acts.
  • US and Austral, also catching up: The US and Australian initiatives are still brewing, as are those in several other parts of the world. The principles of regulation are mostly aligned, reflecting their unease with the inconceivable growth and influence of Big Tech.
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