What is the NRC? The citizenship act 1955 provides for compulsory registration of every citizen of India and issuance of national identity card to him. The citizenship rules 2003 framed under the citizenship act 1955 prescribe the manner of preparation of national register of citizens.  The only time that a national register of citizens (NRC) was prepared was in 1951 when after the conduct of the census of 1951 the NRC was prepared by recording particulars of all the persons enumerated during the census.  All the names appearing in the NRC 1951 or any of the electoral rolls up to midnight of 24th March 1971 together are called Legacy data.  Thus there will be two requirements for inclusion in updated NRC-  ● Existence of a person's name in the pre-1971 period and  ● Proving linkage with that person.  Forgetting their names included in the updated NRC, citizens shall have to submit application forms (family-wise).  Application fo...

The act of being disrespectful towards or disobedient to a court of law is known as contempt of court. Being noncompliant or discourteous to the legal authorities in courtroom or to be unsuccessful to comply with any court order willfully, may amount to contempt of court. In proceedings of such wrong act the judge may enforce sanction such as jail or fine for somebody who is guilty of contempt of court. Contempt of court can be defined as an act that curtails or impairs the freedom of limits of judicial proceeding which are necessary for fair trails and which the administration of law and obstruct the due course of justice. Contempt simply implies to any act that obstruct or tries to interfere with the judicial proceedings of the court or willful abstaining from complying to a court decree or order. Imposition for such offences can be in the form of fine or jail. The CONTEMPT OF COURT ACT 1971, in its section 2(a) defines the concept of contempt of court and broadly classifies con...

On 23rd May of year 2019, something unprecedented and extraordinary happened, only for second time in history of Indian Politics, first being the case with former Prime Minister Late Smt. Indira Gandhi. The incumbent government returned to center of power, even more sturdily and robustly than earlier. The mandate of 2019 general election established that the voters have spoken for themselves clearly and firmly and had an unambiguous verdict. (1) And with this absolute nature of mandate came absolute power and in words of Lord John Dalberg-Acton Power causes corruption and Absolute power causes absolute corruption. As it was prophesized by many of the political activists and thinkers, soon the NDA-II government started flooding the parliament floor with such bills and legislations, which were draconian in nature and were unjustified, notable of them are RTI Amendment Bill of 2019, Abrogation of Article 370 without consulting local legislation of Jammu & Kashmir and UAPA Am...