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Delhi CM Kejriwal Arrested: What’s The Now-Repealed Liquor Policy Scam Case?

Snehashish RoyMarch 22, 20240

The Delhi excise policy case involves two separate investigations, one by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the other by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The case originated from a report submitted by the Delhi Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar to the Lieutenant Governor (LG) Vinai Kumar Saxena in July 2022. The report highlighted alleged procedural lapses in the formulation of the policy that resulted in financial losses of over Rs 580 crore to the exchequer. It was alleged that the then Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, in his capacity as Excise Minister, made arbitrary and unilateral decisions that resulted in these losses. The report further claimed that the AAP Delhi government and AAP leaders received kickbacks from owners and operators of alcohol business...

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Electoral Bond Controversy: What It Means For 2024 Lok Sabha Elections, And Supreme Court’s Role In It

Snehashish RoyMarch 12, 20240

The 2024 Lok Sabha elections in India are poised to witness significant repercussions following the State Bank of India’s (SBI) recent involvement in the electoral bond controversy. The electoral bonds scheme, which allowed political parties to receive anonymous donations, was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court on February 15, 2024. The court ordered the SBI to provide details of all electoral bond contributions received by political parties from the scheme’s inception in 2019 up to the present date by March 6, 2024. This verdict has far-reaching implications for political funding transparency and accountability. The SBI has sought an extension until June 30, 2024, to disclose donor details associated with electoral bonds. The bank cites logistical challenges and prac...

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Can MPs, MLAs Take Bribes For Votes? What Law Says, How Supreme Court Sees It

Snehashish RoyMarch 4, 20240

On March 4, 2024, a seven-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court overruled the majority judgment in the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) bribery case, which had held that members of the legislature enjoy immunity from being charged with bribery in relation to the way they vote or speak in the House. The bench was led by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud and the details of the judgment are still awaited. To understand this landmark case, it is essential to delve into Article 194(2) and Article 105(2) of the Constitution, which provide identical protections to members of Parliament and the Legislature of a State. These articles state that no member of the legislature shall be liable to any proceedings in any court in respect of anything said or any vote given by him in ...

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India Overturns Surrogacy Rules: What Should You Know About New Changes?

Snehashish RoyFebruary 26, 20240

The Indian government has recently amended the surrogacy rules, allowing couples to use donor eggs or donor sperm for surrogacy. This amendment has overturned the previous rule made in March 2023 that banned the use of donor gametes. However, the new notification states that if the District Medical Board certifies that either husband or wife constituting the intending couple suffers from a medical condition necessitating the use of donor gamete, then surrogacy using donor gamete is allowed. The relaxation in the rules is primarily for intending couples. However, the notification specifies that if a divorced or widowed woman opts for surrogacy, the egg has to come from the mother. Single women (widow or divorcee) undergoing surrogacy must use self-eggs and donor sperms to avail of...

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What Is A Forest?: How Govt Defines It, What Supreme Court Suggests

Snehashish RoyFebruary 21, 20240

The Supreme Court of India has issued a directive to the government, instructing it to follow the broad and all-encompassing definition of forest as laid down in its 1996 judgment in the T N Godavarman case. This directive will remain in effect until a consolidated record of all types of forests across the country has been prepared. The directive was issued by a three-judge bench, led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud, on Monday, February 19, in response to petitions challenging the 2023 amendments to the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 (FCA). These amendments were being challenged on the grounds that they had substantially diluted the definition of forest and reduced the scope of the FCA. The government had passed the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023, in ...

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Bharat Bandh Today: What Are Farmers Demanding, That Didn’t Resolve In 2020 Protest?

Snehashish RoyFebruary 16, 20240

Farmers across India are once again protesting for guaranteed crop prices, demanding a host of unmet demands. The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), which is part of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), has called for a Gramin Bharat Bandh on Friday, February 16. Farmers have been asked to suspend work for a day to press the government for demands, and traders and transporters have also been encouraged to join the strike. The farmers' protests began in 2020 when they rode on tractors and trucks from Haryana and Punjab to demand the repeal of three contentious agricultural laws that they believed would hurt their incomes. The protests drew international support and triggered nationwide demonstrations. In 2021, the Modi government repealed these laws, which was widely seen as a victory for the farme...

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Is Electoral Bond Scheme Unconstitutional? What Supreme Court Has To Say

Snehashish RoyFebruary 15, 20240

On February 15, a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court declared the electoral bonds scheme unconstitutional. The scheme allowed individuals and corporations to donate money to political parties anonymously by purchasing electoral bonds from the State Bank of India (SBI). The SBI had sole access to the details of those who purchased electoral bonds, and any unencashed bonds were to be deposited in the Prime Minister Relief Fund. The scheme was introduced in 2017 by then Finance Minister Arun Jaitley as a solution to the issue of opacity in political parties’ funding. However, it was challenged in court by the Communist Party of India (Marxist), and NGOs Common Cause and ADR. The court raised several issues in its verdict. Firstly, it held that the electoral bond scheme violated t...

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Delhi Liquor Policy: CBI Claims Manish Sisodia Admitted To Destroying 2 Mobile Phones, Court Takes Cognizance: Details Inside!

SHIVANI UJJAINWALMay 27, 20230

"The two handsets which were used prior to 22.07.22 have been admittedly destroyed by accused Manish Sisodia as confirmed by him in his response to Notice under section 91 CrPC", the agency stated. Manish Sisodia, the former deputy chief minister of Delhi, has been named as a defendant in the CBI's chargesheet for the excise policy fraud case. News agency ANI stated that Manish Sisodia admitted to discarding two cellphones that he had used prior to July 2022 in the chargesheet that the agency had presented. The additional charge sheet that the CBI filed against AAP leader and former deputy chief minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia and other defendants was recognised by Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court on Saturday. Manish Sisodia, Arjun Pandey, Butchi Babu, and Amandeep Dhal received summonse...

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Meet Arjun Ram Meghwal, Who Took Over Law Ministry Replacing Kiren Rijiju: Deets Inside!!!

SHIVANI UJJAINWALMay 18, 20230

Arjun Ram Meghwal, a retired IAS official, later served as the District Magistrate (Collector) in the Government of Rajasthan before being elected to the House of Representatives. Less than a year after the Arunachal Pradesh MP was given the cabinet portfolio, Arjun Ram Meghwal replaced Kiren Rijiju and assumed the position of Minister of State for Law and Justice. According to a press release from Rastrapati Bhavan, Meghwal will continue to maintain his current positions as Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Minister of State for Culture. Meghwal, a retired IAS official who joined the administrative services and later served as the District Magistrate (Collector) in the Government of Rajasthan, is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party from Bikaner, Rajasthan. Meghwal

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Manish Sisodia Sent To Judicial Custody Till March 20 In Delhi Liquor Policy Case: Deets Inside!!!

SHIVANI UJJAINWALMarch 6, 20230

Manish Sisodia is currently not being sought for additional remand, but the CBI may do so within the next 15 days, the central agency's attorney said at the Rouse Avenue Court. Manish Sisodia, the former deputy chief minister of Delhi, was placed in judicial detention on Monday and will remain there till March 20. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) detained Sisodia in connection with a corruption investigation involving the now-cancelled excise policy. The CBI counsel reportedly stated that while the central agency is not now seeking a second CBI remand of the AAP leader, it may do so within the next 15 days. According to ANI, Manish Sisodia's medical examination by CBI personnel resulted in a prescription for medication, which Special Judge MK Nagpal of Rouse Avenue Court ap

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Delhi LG Approves Allotment Of Arrested Ministers’ Portfolio To Kailash Gehlot, Rajkumar Anand: Checkout Deets!

SHIVANI UJJAINWALMarch 1, 20230

Out of the 18 portfolios held by Manish Sisodia, CM Kejriwal decided to allocate 8 to Kailash Gehlot and 10 to Rajkumar Anand. According to sources, Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has given the green light to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's request to give Kailash Gehlot and Rajkumar Anand, two new ministers, control over new ministries under the Delhi government. Out of the 18 portfolios that were with Manish Sisodia and that he had given to the LG for clearance, CM Kejriwal decided to allocate 8 portfolios to Kailash Gehlot and 10 portfolios to Rajkumar Anand last night. Gehlot has been given responsibility for the portfolios of finance, planning, the Public Works Department (PWD), power, housing, urban development, irrigation and food control, and water, in accordance with

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Keeping Close Eye On New Covid Variants, Union Health Minister Tells Parliament: Deets Inside!!!

SHIVANI UJJAINWALDecember 22, 20220

Mansukh Mandaviya, the union's minister of health, said the states have been urged to speed up genome sequencing and should enact masking regulations. He continued by saying that random sampling of international travellers had begun in airports. Mansukh Mandaviya, the Union Minister of Health, stated on Thursday that the Center is closely monitoring new Covid-19 strains because of an enormous increase in infections in China. The minister stated that the states have been instructed to increase genome sequencing and that masking standards should be implemented in both houses of Parliament. “We are keeping an eye on the global covid situation & are taking steps accordingly. States are advised to increase genome-sequencing to timely identify the new variant of Covid-19”, the ministe

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