Governance

Background: NITI Ayog has drafted a 3 year Action Plan and thus 5 year plan era is officially over.  

Facts: India does not have an Anti-Torture Law India had signed the UN Convention against torture way back in 1997,

Facts: Section 295A of IPC: It makes “deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings” a punishable offence Sections

The advertising industry watchdog Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) has come up with a set of guidelines for celebrities

The Uttarakhand High Court has recognized the Ganga and Yamuna Rivers as so-called living entities.    Verdict: Ganga and Yamuna,

Law Commission held that hate speech has the potential to provoke individuals and society to commit acts of genocides, terrorism

Article 39A – State shall provide free legal aid to ensure that opportunities for securing justice are not denied to

  The Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 governs the use of wired and wireless telegraphy, telephones, radio and digital data communication.

The Supreme Court has refused to intervene in a petition seeking a direction to the government to frame a national