Former Chief Justice of India U.U. Lalit stated that conferring drastic powers upon the executive or the police through Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) is not acceptable in a nation governed by the rule of law.
Key-highlights of the Report
Powers under the Provision
Issues with section 144 of Crpc
Court’s Ruling on Section 144:
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The BTC government is set to launch its Mission Happiness across the 9,000 sq. km Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) comprising four districts – Baksa, Chirang, Kokrajhar and Udalgiri.
Who are Bodos?
What is the BTC?
History of Extremism
Bodo Accord 2020
A UK-based start-up claims to have developed Biotransformation technology that can alter the state of plastics and make them biodegradable without leaving behind any microplastics.
What is biotransformation technology?
Biotransformation Biotransformation is the process by which substances that enter the body are changed from hydrophobic to hydrophilic molecules to facilitate elimination from the body. This process usually generates products with few or no toxicological effects. |
Why do we need it?
Applications
Alternatives to reducing plastic waste
The Odisha government has declared the Gandhamardan hill as the third biodiversity heritage site of the state by giving it the status of a unique, ecologically fragile ecosystem having rich biodiversity.
Historical Significance
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What are Biodiversity Heritage Sites?
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) confirmed a $3 billion bailout plan for Sri Lanka’s struggling economy.
Why do nations seek an IMF bailout?
About International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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How does the IMF help a country?
Limitations
Geography (GS-I) NASA monitors South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) |
Nasa is monitoring a region of magnetic intensity in Earth's field between South America and southwest Africa.
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Geography (GS-I) Western Disturbances |
The reason for the abnormal winter seasons since 2020-21 lies in the changing character of the Western Disturbances.
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Geography (GS-I) Chenab Arch Bridge |
Chenab Bridge is expected to have trains plying on it by January-February 2024.
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Polity & Governance (GS-II) SC restores doctrine of “guilt by association” |
The Supreme Court restored the doctrine of “guilt by association” in criminal jurisprudence in India, as it overruled a bunch of its 2011 judgments and declared that mere membership of a banned organisation will be a crime under country’s anti-terror law — Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), 1967.
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Context
The conviction of Congress leader and now former Member of Parliament from Wayanad Rahul Gandhi by a Chief Judicial Magistrate’s court in Surat, Gujarat, and the issuance of a noti?cation the next day by the Lok Sabha Secretariat of Mr. Gandhi’s disquali?cation raised some important constitutional and legal issues.
Constitutional Provisions for disqualification
Disqualification under Representation of People’s Act 1951
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