Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar demanded a separate high court for Haryana and central assistance to the tune of Rs.541 crore for augmenting judicial infrastructure.
Article 214 of the Constitution provided for a "High Court for each State".
In India currently 24 High Courts are there at the State and Union Territory Level.
1). 53rd amendment inserted a new article conferring full statehood on
A) Manipur
B) Assam
C) Mizoram
D) Arunachal Pradesh
Answer
Mizoram ( "On the 30th June 1986, a Memorandum of Settlement on Mizoram was signed by the Government of India and the Government of Mizoram with
to confirm the statehood on the Union territory of Mizoram")
2. Zoe Konstantopoulou, has been appointed as new parliament president of which country??
[A]Greece
[B]England
[C]USA
[D]Germany
Answer
Greece
3). The Executive head of a State Government is
A) Prime Minister
B) Governor
C) President
D) Chief Minister
Answer
Governor
4). The part of the constitution that reflects the mind and ideals of the framers is
A) Fundamental Rights
B) Fundamental Duties
C) Preamble
D) Directive Principles
Answer
Preamble
5). Once a Budget has been presented in the Parliament, the government has to get all money bills related to the union budget passed within __?
A) 30
B) 50
C) 75
D) 45
Answer
75 Days
6). Which of the following were the first two states in India which established Panchayati Raj in 1956?
A) Rajasthan and Maharastra
B) Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh
C) Rajasthan and Odisha
D) Rajasthan and Punjab
Answer
Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh
7).By which among the following amendments of constitution, Delhi was made the National Capital Territory?
A) 63
B) 75
C) 69
D) 72
Answer
69th
8). In which among the following cases, the Supreme Court of India propounded the theory of basic structure of the Constitution?
A) Golak Nath
B) Gopalan vs. State of Madras
C) Privy Purse
D) Keshvanand Bharati
Answer
Keshvanand Bharati
9). How long a person should have practiced in a High Court to be eligible to be appointed as a Judge of Supreme Court of India?
A) 10
B) 12
C) 5
D) 7
Answer
10 Years
10). A member of a State Public Service Commission can be appointed and removed respectively by __:
A) President, President
B) Governor, President
C) President, Governor
D) Governor, Governor
The Tenth Schedule — popularly known as the Anti-Defection Act — was included in the Constitution in 1985 by the Rajiv Gandhi ministry and sets the provisions for disqualification of elected members on the grounds of defection to another political party. The law was added via the 52nd Amendment Act, 1985, soon after the Rajiv government came to power with a thumping majority in the wake of the assassination of prime minister Indira Gandhi. The Congress had won 401 seats in the Lok Sabha.
What are the grounds for disqualification under the Anti-Defection Law's?
a) If an elected member voluntarily gives up his membership of a political party;
b) If he votes or abstains from voting in such House contrary to any direction issued by his political party or anyone authorised to do so, without obtaining prior permission.
As a pre-condition for his disqualification, his abstention from voting should not be condoned by his party or the authorised person within 15 days of such incident.
What were the loopholes?
As per the 1985 Act, a 'defection' by one-third of the elected members of a political party was considered a 'merger'. Such defections were not actionable against. The Dinesh Goswami Committee on Electoral Reforms, the Law Commission in its report on "Reform of Electoral Laws" and the National Commission to Review the Working of the Constitution (NCRWC) all recommended the deletion of the Tenth Schedule provision regarding exemption from disqualification in case of a split.
Finally the 91st Constitutional Amendment Act, 2003, changed this. So now at least two-thirds of the members of a party have to be in favour of a "merger" for it to have validity in the eyes of the law. "The merger of the original political party or a member of a House shall be deemed to have taken place if, and only if, not less than two-thirds of the members of the legislature party concerned have agreed to such merger," states the Tenth Schedule.
