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Legal Current Affairs 2022-23

17th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas on 9th January 2023.

 PM Modi to launch World longest river cruise MV Ganga Vilas at Varanasi.

 India, Japan to conduct joint exercise „Veer Guardian-2023‟ to boost air defense
cooperation.

 India‟s real GDP may grow 7% : First Advance Estimates of National Income, 2022-23

 Cadets from 19 friendly countries to participate in the NCC Republic Day Camp 2023

 World‟s first museum of palm leaf manuscripts set up in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

 Army Largest contingent of women peacekeepers deployed in United Nation mission at Abyei, UNISFA

 Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium.

 M Pranesh became India‟s 79th Chess Grandmaster.

 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas Convention 2023 : 8 to 10 January.

 Senior Congress leader Kuldeep Singh Pathania elected as the 16th Speaker of HP Legislative Assembly.

 World War Orphans Day 2023 : 6th January

 Ghaziabad-Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay section becomes longest fully automatic block
signaling section of Indian Railways.

 India assumed the leadership of the Asian Pacific Postal Union.

 Goa‟s Mopa Airport will be named „Manohar International Airport‟, Prime Minister Modi approved.

 First G-20 meeting to take place in Puducherry on 31 Jan.

 Madhya Pradesh government launched the Mukhyamantri Awasiya Bhoomi Adhikar
Yojana.

 President Murmu inaugurated the 18th National Jamboree of Bharat Scouts and Guides in
Rajasthan.

 China Becomes First Country in Asia to Launch Hydrogen Powered Train.

 Government begins process to buy 100 more K9-Vajra.

 Cabinet has approved the National Green Hydrogen Mission worth Rs. 19 thousand 744
crore.

 50 electric buses were launched in Delhi under the FAME India Phase II scheme of the
Ministry of Heavy Industry.

 DRDO‟s celebrated its 65th foundation day on 1st January.

 Indian Army deploys woman officer for the first time in battlefield Siachen.

* The Newly elected chief minister of Manipur is N. Biren Singh

* The newly elected chief minister of Punjab is Bhagwat Singh Mann

* The Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court is Justice Rajesh Bindal

* The Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court is Justice Ranjit Vasantrao More

* The Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court is Justice R.V. Malimath

* The Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court is Justice Aravind Kumar

* The Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court is Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra.

* The Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court is Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi

* The Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court is Justice Prakash Srivastava

* The Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court is Justice Satish Chandra Sharma.

* The current Chief Vigilance Commissioner of India is Suresh N. Patel

* The new Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is Subodh Kumar Jaiswal

* The Chief Information Commissioner of India is Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha

* The current director of the IB is Arvind Kumar

* NITI Aayog Chairman is Narendra Modi

* Vice-chairman of NITI Aayog is Dr. Rajiv Kumar

* CEO of NITI Aayog is Amitabh Kant Das.

* The newly appointed Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is Dr Manoj Soni.

* The Chairman, National Commission for Minorities is Sh. Iqbal Singh Lalpura

* The Chairman of the National Commission for Women is Ms. Rekha Sharma

* Chairman of the National Commission of Human Rights Commission is Arun Kumar

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Legal Current Affairs For Judiciary

 The Speaker of the Lok Sabha is Om Birla

 The Comptroller and Auditor General of India is Girish Chandra Murmu

 The Controller General of Accounts is Sonali Singh

 The Chief Election Commissioner is Shri Sushil Chandra

 The Attorney General of India is K K Venugopal

 The National Security Advisor is Ajit Doval

 The Cabinet Secretary of India is Rajiv Gauba

 The Solicitor General of India is Tushar Mehta

 The Principal Scientific Adviser is K. Vijayraghavan

 The Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) is Dr V Anantha Nageswaran

 The Director, RAW is Samant Goel

 Director-General, NIA is Kuldiep Singh

 Director-General, National Security Guard is M.A. Ganapathy

 Chairman, ISRO is S. Somanath

 Chairman, SEBI is Madhabi Puri Buch

 Chairperson, Atomic Energy commission is K N Vyas

 Chairman, National Commission for Scheduled Castes is Vijay Sampla

 Chairman, National Commission for Backward Classes is Bhagwan Lal Sahni

 Chairman, 15 Finance Commission of India is N K Singh

 Governor of Tripura is Satyadev Narayan Arya

 Governor of Jharkhand is Ramesh Bais,

 Governor of Haryana is Bandaru Dattatraya,

 The Governor of Mizoram is Dr. Hari Babu Kambhampati

 The Governor of Madhya Pradesh is Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel

 The Governor of Himachal Pradesh is Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar

 The Governor of Karnataka is Thaawar Chand Gehlot

 The Governor of Manipur is La. Ganesan.

 The chairman of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights is Priyank Kanoongo

 The Chairman of Railway Board is Vinay Kumar Tripathi

 CEO of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is Saurabh Garg

 CEO of National Health Authority is Ram Sewak Sharma

 CEO of ONGC is Alka Mittal

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 The Chairman of University Grants Commission (UGC) is M. Jagdesh Kumar

 The Chairman of Press Bharati Board is Shasi Shekhar Vempati

 The Chairman of Press Council of India is Chandramauli Kumar Prasad

 The Chairman of DRDO is G. Satheesh Reddy

 The Chairman of Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of insia (IRDAI) is Debasish Panda

 The President of FICCI is Uday Shankar

 The President of ASSOCHAM is Deepak Agarwal

 Director General of National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) is Siddharth Singh Longjam

 Secretary General of United Nations Organization is Antonio Guterres

Current Affairs for Judiciary

 Recently, the Central government has extended the term of the Jammu and Kashmir Delimitation Commission, which is headed by Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai

 The orders issued by the Delimitation Commission have the force of law and cannot be challenged in any Court of Law.

 When the orders of the Delimitation Commission are laid before the Lok Sabha or State Legislative Assembly, no modifications can be done in the orders. ‘

 When the Supreme Court issues a writ to statutory authority or to an institution to perform its duty, it is called Mandamus

 The currently serving Chief Justice of India, N. V. Ramana is 48 Chief Justice of India

 The following women Judges have taken the oath as Supreme Court judges on 31 August, 2021 : Justice B V Nagarathna, Justice Hima Kohli and Justice Bela M Trivedi

 Justice B. S. Chauhan is the Chairman of 21 Law Commission

 Shri Justice Arun Kumar Mishra is current Chairman of National Human Rights Commission ?

 Prime Minister of India is the Chairman of NITI Aayog .

 Amid the restricted judicial functioning owing to Covid-19 outbreak, Chhattisgarh High Court and its Legal Services Authority organized the country’s first ever E-Lok Adalat on 11 July, 2020.

 In Smt. Indira Nehru vs. Raj Narain, 1975 judgements the Supreme Court held that Right to Free and Fair Elections is a basic feature of the constitution.

 Under 104 Constitutional Amendment the reserved seats for the Anglo-Indian community in Lok Sabha and State Assemblies has been removed?

 Seventy Seventh Constitutional Amendment Act, nullified the Supreme Court’s ruling given in the Indra Sawhney v. Union of India 1992 case with regard to reservation in promotions .

 In the Vasudha Sethi v. Kiran V. Bhaskar Judgement Supreme Court held that Welfare of the child must get precedence over the parents’ rights in a custody battle in January, 2022

 Recently, A Division Bench of the Gujarat High Court has asked Vishal Vyas, a journalist facing contempt of court proceedings to speak only in English as that was the language in the higher judiciary. Article-348 of the Indian Constitution says about Language to be used in the Supreme Court and in the High Courts.

 Recently, The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has completed 100 years.

 The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is the oldest Parliamentary Committee and was first constituted in 1921 under the provisions of the Government of India Act of 1919 (in the wake of the Montague-Chelmsford Reforms).

 Parliamentary committees draw their authority from Article 105 (on privileges of Parliament members) and Article 118 (on Parliament’s authority to make rules for regulating its procedure and conduct of business).

 The Public Accounts Committee is now constituted every year under Rule 308 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha.

 The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC)is appointed by the Speaker of Lok Sabha.

 Presently The Public Accounts Committee consists of 22 Members (15 Members are elected from Lok Sabha and 7 Members from the Rajya Sabha)

 The Public Accounts Committee is advisory body and hence, decisions are not binding on the ministries.

 Recently, Constituent Assembly has completed its 75 years of the first meeting on 9 December, 2021, which was under Cabinet Mission Plan, 1946

 Ministry of Cooperation the Union Ministry under the Government of India has been created in July, 2021.

 The Union Ministry of Cooperation is a ministry under the Government of India which has been formed in July 2021 with Sahkar se Samriddhi vision statement.

 “The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)” is a milestone document in the history of human rights which was proclaimed and adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 December, 1948.

 The First Federal Court of India was established in 1937.

 Former Chief Justices of India Justice – M. Hidayatullah also acted as the President of India.

 Justice H.R. Khanna was the Chairman of the ‘Law Commission’ who advocated that One-third of the Judges in each High Court should be from another State.

 The Sarkaria Commission recommended for the establishment of a Permanent Inter-State Council, called ‘Intergovernmental Council’ in accordance with Article 263 of the Constitution of India.

 Sukumar Sen was the first Chief Election Commission of India ?

 The famous Supreme Court Judgement – Dr. Kashinath G. Jalmi v. Union of India, (1993) is related to Anti-Defection Law.

 The pension of a retired High Court Judge is charged to the Consolidated Fund of India

 Calcutta High Court is the oldest High Court in India ?

 Article 371-B of the Constitution of India makes special provisions for the State of Assam.

 By 61 Constitutional Amendment Act, 1988 Constitutional Amendment Act the voting age has been reduced to 18 from 21.

 Lok Adalats are alternative dispute redressal mechanisms which have been given statutory status under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987.

 Shri Harsh Chouhan is the current Chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Tribes.

 Ranganath Misra Commission was constituted to look into various issues related to Linguistic and Religious minorities in India in 2004.

 K. K. Venugopal is the current Attorney General for India .

 Under Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) vs. Union of India case constitutional validity of the Aadhaar scheme was challenged and in this case the Supreme Court Bench unanimously held that “the right to privacy is protected as an intrinsic part of the right to life and personal liberty under Article 21 and as a part of the freedoms guaranteed by Part III of the Constitution” .

 The Lok Sabha Secretariat comes under the direct control of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha.

 The Supreme Court holds its meetings in New Delhi, but it can meet elsewhere With the approval of President.

 Constitution Amendment Bill must be passed by each House of the Indian Parliament separately by the special majority.

 According to the Constitution of India the term ‘District Judge’ shall not include Chief judge of a small cause court

 Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel is the chairman of National Green Tribunal .

 The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), also known as the ‘Earth Summit’, was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1992.

 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination was adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations in resolution 2106 (XX) of 21 December, 1965.

 Article 350A of the Constitution provides that every state shall endeavour to provide an adequate facility for instruction in mother tongue at primary stage of education to children belonging to linguistic minority groups.

 The Cauvery River Water dispute is among Karnataka – Tamil Nadu – Puducherry – Kerala states.

 The phrase ‘Basic Structure’ was introduced for the first time by M.K. Nambiar and other counsels.

 In 2018 the Supreme Court of India legalized passive euthanasia under strict guidelines which permits only the use of withdrawal of life support unit to a patient who may be suffering in a continuous vegetative state or permanent vegetative state (PVS) and the patient must agree through a living will to refuse medical treatment.

 The Deputy Chairman of NITI Aayog is equivalent to the rank and status of a Cabinet Minister

 Election Commission of India recognizes the political parties in India.

 Head Quarter of the United Nations Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is located in Paris, France.

 Justice P.N. Bhagwati has authored the book “My Tryst with Justice” .

 Tenure of the members of the Estimates Committee is of One year.

 Relation of Centre-State lies in 7 Schedule of the Constitution.

 The headquarters of Central Zonal Council of India is located in Allahabad.

 The following ‘GOALS OF AMRIT KAAL’ in the Union Budget -2022-23 are :

(1) Focus on growth and all inclusive welfare

(2) Promoting technology enabled development, energy transition and climate action

(3) Virtuous cycle starting from private investment, crowded in by public capital investment

 Recently, the Union Cabinet has approved the funding and implementation of Ken- Betwa inter-linking of rivers project which spreads across 13 districts of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.

 According to the Union Budget -2022-23, National Tele Mental Health Programme will be lunched.

 India’s first ever e-Resource Centre Nyay Kaushal was inaugurated on October 31st 2020 at Judicial Office Training Institute in Nagpur, Maharashtra.

 Seventh Pay Commission was set up by The Manmohan Singh led UPA Government in 2014 under the chairmanship of Ashok Kumar Mathur.

 S. Somanath has been appointed new Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization.

 The mobile court in India is the brain child of Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.

 Finance Commission is the Main agency to resolve the fiscal disputes between the Centre and States.

 Hussainara Khatoon vs. Home Secretary State of Bihar case of the Supreme Court is associated with the Right to Speedy Trial.

 UNFCCC COP26 Summit was held in Glasgow, UK.

 12 Five Year Plan of India has a vision of ‘Faster, Sustainable, and More Inclusive Growth’.

 The Supreme Court asked 6,000-odd NGOs to go back to the government for redressal of their grievances on non-renewal of their Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) registration.

 The FCRA regulates foreign donations and ensures that such contributions do not adversely affect internal security.

 Applicability of FCRA: The FCRA is applicable to all associations, groups and NGOs which intend to receive foreign donations.

 2020 amendment Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA): The law was amended again by the current government in 2020, giving the government tighter control and scrutiny over the receipt and utilisation of foreign funds by NGOs.

 NTPC will begin commercial operation of 74 MW capacity at Fatehgarh solar project from midnight of March 4 2022.

 With the latest Russo – Ukraine war, NATO’s chief Stoltenberg says no-fly zone over Ukraine.

 The government has incorporated new rules under the “Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act, 2021, which was passed in March 2021. Judgment was given by Supreme Court – Dowry Deaths: Section 304B of IPC

 Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Rules, 2021 Under the new rules, the gestational limit for termination of pregnancy has been increased from 20 to 24 weeks for exceptional categories of women in India.

 The Telangana State Election Commission has planned to conduct a dry run of a “Mobile-Based e-voting system”.

 According to the Ministry of Home Affairs, Central Government inked a ceasefire agreement with the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) Khaplang (K), led by Nikki Sumi.

 The Madras High Court (HC) has set aside the 2018 notification of the Central government that had fixed a speed of 120 km/ hour as the limit on highways and expressways.

 Ministry of Civil Aviation released an “interactive digital airspace map” for flying drones, that demarcates areas into different zones for flying drones across India.

 Recently, the Centre has initiated the process for comprehensive amendment of criminal laws in consultation with all stakeholders. Criminal law and criminal procedure fall under the Concurrent List while matters relating to Police and Prisons fall under the State List. The laws that govern criminal law in India are the Indian

Penal Code 1860; the Indian Evidence Act, 1872; and the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC).

 Supreme Court expressed displeasure that the Centre has not yet filed its counter affidavit on a plea seeking minority status for Hindus in states where their numbers are low. • The Constitution of India uses the word ‘minority’ or its plural form in some Articles –29 to 30 and 350A to 350 B – but does not define it anywhere. It conceives ‘minority’ as an open category to protect the interests of various religious, linguistic and culturally distinctive groups.

 INTER-OPERABLE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM PROJECT :

 Ministry of Home Affairs has approved implementation of ICJS project Phase II during 2022-23 to 2025-26, as a Central Sector Scheme.

 ICJS is an initiative of e-Committee of Supreme Court to enable seamless transfer of data and information among different pillars of criminal justice system.

 ICJS is a national platform for enabling integration of the main IT system used

for delivery of Criminal Justice in the country by five pillars namely:

(1) Police (Crime and Criminal Tracking and Network Systems)

(2) e-Forensics

(3) e-Courts

(4) e-Prosecution for Public Prosecutors

(5) e-Prisons

 Phase-II is built on the principle of ‘one data one entry’whereby data is entered only once in one pillar and the same is then available in all other pillars. Under Phase-I, individual IT systems have been implemented and stabilized; search of records has been enabled. National Crime Records Bureau

will be responsible for the implementation of ICJS in association with National Informatics Center, in collaboration with States and UTs.

 SOCIETY FOR WORLDWIDE INTERBANK FINANCIAL TELECOMMUNICATION (SWIFT)

 Recently, few Russian banks have been disconnected from SWIFT amidst Russia-Ukraine crisis.

 About SWIFT : Founded in 1973, SWIFT is a messaging network used by banks and financial institutions globally that provides safe and secure exchange of information pertaining to financial transactions. It works by assigning each member institution a unique eight-digit SWIFT ID code or a Bank Identification Code that identifies not only the bank name but the country, city, and branch.