INSTA PT 2021 EXCLUSIVE POLITY JUNE 2020 – MARCH 2021 INSTA PT 2021 EXCLUSIVE (POLITY) NOTES Table of Contents Constitutional / Non-Constitutional / Statutory / Regulatory / Various Quasi-Judicial Bodies .................................................................................. 4 1. STATE ELECTION COMMISSIONERS ............................................................................. 4 2. J&K DELIMITATION COMMISSION ............................................................................... 5 3. NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR SCS ............................................................................... 5 4. LOKPAL ....................................................................................................................... 6 5. ATTORNEY GENERAL ................................................................................................... 7 6. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (CBI) ................................................................ 7 7. COMPETITION COMMISSION OF INDIA........................................................................ 8 8. CENTRAL VIGILANCE COMMISSION (CVC) .................................................................... 9 9. NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION (NHRC) .................................................... 10 10. DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT COUNCILS (DDC) ............................................................ 11 11. NATIONAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY (NIA) .............................................................. 11 Executive .................................................................................................. 13 1. CHIEF MINISTER ........................................................................................................ 13 2. GOVERNOR’S POWERS AND ROLE IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE’S AFFAIRS .................. 13 3. STRENGTH OF THE STATE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY ..................................................... 14 4. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF PUDUCHERRY ............................................................... 14 5. PARDONING POWERS OF PRESIDENT ........................................................................ 15 6. DOCTRINE OF SEPARATION OF POWERS ................................................................... 16 7. GOVERNOR'S POWER TO RESERVE BILLS FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE PRESIDENT ... 16 8. OFFICE OF PROFIT ..................................................................................................... 17 Parliament / State Legislatures / Union Territories / Local Self-Government ................................................................................................................. 19 1. NO-CONFIDENCE MOTION ........................................................................................ 19 2. APPLICABILITY OF ANTI-DEFECTION LAW FOR NOMINATED MPS ............................... 19 3. JUDICIAL REVIEW CAN’T BE AVAILABLE PRIOR TO SPEAKER’S DECISION ..................... 21 4. APPROPRIATION BILL ................................................................................................ 21 5. FINANCE BILL ............................................................................................................ 22 6. SUPPLEMENTARY DEMAND FOR GRANTS .................................................................. 23 7. TERMINATION OF SESSION ....................................................................................... 23 8. MOTION OF THANKS TO PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS ........................................................ 24 9. FLOOR TEST .............................................................................................................. 25 10. SPEAKER OF THE LOK SABHA ................................................................................. 26 11. DEPUTY SPEAKER OF LOK SABHA ........................................................................... 27 12. DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF RAJYA SABHA .................................................................... 27 13. BREACH OF PRIVILEGE ........................................................................................... 28 14. QUESTION HOUR ................................................................................................... 29 15. ZERO HOUR ........................................................................................................... 29 16. LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION ................................................................................. 29 17. JOINT PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE (JPC) ............................................................ 29 18. SELECT COMMITTEES ............................................................................................ 30 19. SUSPENSION OF MPS............................................................................................. 31 20. URBAN LOCAL BODIES (ULB) REFORMS .................................................................. 32 21. WINTER SESSION OF PARLIAMENT......................................................................... 32 www.insightsonindia.com 1 InsightsIAS INSTA PT 2021 EXCLUSIVE (POLITY) NOTES Judiciary .................................................................................................... 33 1. CONTEMPT OF COURTS ............................................................................................ 33 2. AMICUS CURIAE ........................................................................................................ 34 3. CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA ............................................................................................ 34 4. RETIRED JUDGES ....................................................................................................... 35 5. JUDICIAL REVIEW ...................................................................................................... 35 6. REVIEW PETITION ..................................................................................................... 36 7. RECUSAL OF JUDGES ................................................................................................. 36 8. LOK ADALAT .............................................................................................................. 37 9. NATIONAL LEGAL SERVICES AUTHORITY (NALSA) ....................................................... 39 10. PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) ........................................................................ 40 11. IN-HOUSE PROCEDURE .......................................................................................... 40 12. KESAVANANDA BHARATI CASE ............................................................................... 41 13. VIRTUAL COURTS ................................................................................................... 41 14. WHAT IS ARTICLE 142 ............................................................................................ 42 15. NO 100% QUOTA FOR TRIBAL TEACHERS: SC ......................................................... 42 16. DEATH PENALTY SENTENCING IN TRIAL COURTS .................................................... 43 Centre –State Relations ............................................................................. 44 1. PRESIDENT’S RULE .................................................................................................... 44 2. CAN STATES REFUSE TO IMPLEMENT CENTRAL LAWS? .............................................. 44 Inter –State Relations ............................................................................... 46 1. INTERSTATE RIVER WATER DISPUTES ........................................................................ 46 Electoral Issues / Electoral Reforms .......................................................... 47 1. HOW ELECTION COMMISSION DECIDES ON PARTY SYMBOLS? .................................. 47 2. ELECTORAL BONDS ................................................................................................... 47 3. REGISTRATION OF POLITICAL PARTIES ....................................................................... 47 4. NOTA (NONE OF THE ABOVE) .................................................................................... 48 5. POSTAL BALLOTS ....................................................................................................... 49 6. VOTER VERIFIABLE PAPER AUDIT TRAIL (VVPAT) ........................................................ 50 7. MODEL CODE OF CONDUCT ...................................................................................... 50 8. ‘CONVICTED LEGISLATORS CAN’T BE BARRED FOR LIFE FROM POLLS’ ........................ 51 9. ONE NATION, ONE ELECTION .................................................................................... 51 10. STAR CAMPAIGNER ............................................................................................... 52 Citizenship ................................................................................................ 53 1. OVERSEAS CITIZENS OF INDIA (OCI) ........................................................................... 53 2. NATIONAL POPULATION REGISTER ............................................................................ 54 3. NATIONAL REGISTER OF CITIZENS (NRC) .................................................................... 54 4. CITIZENSHIP (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2019 (CAA) ........................................................... 54 Important Statutory / Constitutional Provisions ....................................... 55 1. RIGHT TO COUNSEL IN CUSTODY..............................................................................