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Collective assertion
5-member collegium has unanimously agreed, in principle, to reiterate its recommendation to appoint the Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court as a judge of the Supreme Court.
When reiterated unanimously, Center is bound to act on the collegium resolution, going by the law laid down by the SC in the Third Judges Case of 1998.
Centre, which denies- President’s Rule in UK
Center has indirectly raised about the need for fair representation to all high courts
He was not senior enough
Senior advocate Indu Malhotra
An open letter to Finance Ministers
Political alignments should not come in the way of defending the fiscal rights of States.
Terms of reference (ToR) of the Finance Commission determined by Centre
Population base year, from 1971 to 2011
Financial resources and fiscal autonomy of States.
Never before in India’s history has the Finance Commission been asked
to review the award of its predecessor
A reminder of certain facts: 32% of the 13th Finance Commission and 42%
of the 14th Finance Commission are not comparable.
The goods and services tax (GST)
ToR want to curtail borrowing by States from the present 3% of Gross State
Domestic Product (GSDP) to 1.7%
Centre is using the FC route to impose conditionalities through
a plethora of conditional grants- My appeal to everyone is to join hands
Keep Jinnah’s portrait
Prelims Focus Facts-News Analysis
Page-1- Karnataka’s 72% turnout is a record
The 72.36% turnout in Saturday’s Karnataka Assembly election is a new record for
the State, surpassing the 71.90% polling in 1978.
The 2013 Assembly election recorded a turnout of 71.45%.
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Page-2- Tension between IAS, IPS officers in U.P.
State Home Department has asked police chiefs to take approval of DMs for posting of SHOs
Tension is brewing between IAS and IPS officers over a recent Home Department order of
the Uttar Pradesh government making it mandatory for all district police chiefs to take
the approval of the District Magistrates before the posting of station house officers.
Principal Secretary (Home) Arvind Kumar had issued the order on May 9,
leading to a sharp reaction from IPS officers who alleged that it was an attempt to undermine their authority.
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Page-7-Domestic Violence Act for divorced women too
It extends to all man-woman relationships: SC
The Domestic Violence Act — meant to punish men who abuse women in a relationship
— extends to all manwoman relationships, and also protects divorced women from
their former husbands, the Supreme Court has upheld.
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‘Release records on Shastri death’
The Central Information Commission has directed the Prime Minister’s Office
and the Ministries of External Affairs and Home to make public the records of
the Raj Narain committee, constituted in 1977 to look into the mysterious death of
the then Prime Minister, Lal Bahadur Shastri, in 1966.
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Denuclearise, and we’ll lift sanctions: Pompeo
It will create prosperity in North Korea’
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that Tehran would remain committed
to its 2015 nuclear deal if its interests were protected.
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