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The correct answer is Right to Freedom.

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•  The Hindu: Right to marry is not absolute, laws regulate marriage, government tells Supreme Court.

Key PointsRight to Freedom: 

• The Right to Freedom is covered in Articles 19 to 22, with the view of guaranteeing individual rights that were considered vital by the framers of the Constitution, and these Articles also include certain restrictions that may be imposed by the State on individual liberty under specified conditions. 
  • In the Lata Singh vs. State of Uttar Pradesh case, the Supreme court viewed the right to marry as a component of the right to life under Article 21. Hence option 4 is correct.
• Article 21, which prevents the encroachment of life or personal liberty by the State except in accordance with the procedure established by law, was, until 1978, construed narrowly as being restricted to executive action.
• However, in 1978, the Supreme Court in the case of Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India extended the protection of Article 21 to legislative action, holding that any law laying down a procedure must be just, fair and reasonable, and effective due process into Article 21. 
• In the same case, the Supreme Court also ruled that "life" under Article 21 meant more than a mere "animal existence"; it would include the right to live with human dignity and all other aspects which made life "meaningful, complete and worth living".

The correct answer is Right to Freedom.

In News

•  The Hindu: Right to marry is not absolute, laws regulate marriage, government tells Supreme Court.

Key PointsRight to Freedom: 

• The Right to Freedom is covered in Articles 19 to 22, with the view of guaranteeing individual rights that were considered vital by the framers of the Constitution, and these Articles also include certain restrictions that may be imposed by the State on individual liberty under specified conditions. 
  • In the Lata Singh vs. State of Uttar Pradesh case, the Supreme court viewed the right to marry as a component of the right to life under Article 21. Hence option 4 is correct.
• Article 21, which prevents the encroachment of life or personal liberty by the State except in accordance with the procedure established by law, was, until 1978, construed narrowly as being restricted to executive action.
• However, in 1978, the Supreme Court in the case of Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India extended the protection of Article 21 to legislative action, holding that any law laying down a procedure must be just, fair and reasonable, and effective due process into Article 21. 
• In the same case, the Supreme Court also ruled that "life" under Article 21 meant more than a mere "animal existence"; it would include the right to live with human dignity and all other aspects which made life "meaningful, complete and worth living".

The correct answer is Nagaland.Key Points 

• The Family Courts (Amendment) Bill, 2022 was introduced in Lok Sabha on July 18, 2022.
• This bill was passed by Lok Sabha on 26th July 2022, and it seeks to amend the Family Courts Act, 1984.
• The bill was passed by Rajya Sabha on 4 Aug 2022.
• This bill has granted statutory cover to already established family courts in Himachal Pradesh and Nagaland. 
• The Bill seeks to extend the scope of the Act for the establishment of Family Courts in the State of Himachal Pradesh with effect from the 15th of February 2019 and in the State of Nagaland with effect from the 12th of September 2008. 
• Every order of appointment of a person as a Judge of a Family Court and every order of posting, promotion or transfer, as the case may be, made under this Act in the States of Himachal Pradesh and Nagaland prior to the commencement of the Family Courts (Amendment) Act, 2022 shall be deemed to be validly made under the provisions of this Act.

The correct answer is Justice S Abdul Nazeer.Key Points

• Justice Abdul Nazeer has been appointed as the Governor of Andhra Pradesh, a month after retiring from the Supreme Court.
• He was the lone minority judge in the bench which gave the judgement in Ayodhya case and paved the way for the construction of Ram temple.
• The Ram Jannabhoomi temple- Babri Masjid was a long-drawn dispute between the two communities which the Supreme Court finally decided on November 9, 2019.
• Justice S. Abdul Nazeer was one of the five-member Supreme Court Bench that gave the final verdict.
• The landmark 2019 judgment in the Ayodhya Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid dispute, pronounced by a five-judge bench of former CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justice SA Bobde, Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice Ashok Bhushan and Justice S. Abdul Nazeer.

The correct answer is Sikkim.

In News

•  The Hindu: Sikkimese people feel betrayed as Article 371F ‘violation’, says former CM Chamling.

Key PointsConstitutional provision for Sikkim:

• The 36th Constitutional Amendment Act of 1975 made Sikkim a full-fledged state of the Indian Union.
• It included a new Article 371 F containing special provisions with respect to Sikkim. Hence option 2 is correct.
  • The Sikkim Legislative Assembly is to consist of not less than 30 members.
  • One seat is allotted to Sikkim in the Lok Sabha and Sikkim forms one Parliamentary constituency.
  • For the purpose of protecting the rights and interests of the different sections of the Sikkim population, the Parliament is empowered to provide for the:
    (i) number of seats in the Sikkim Legislative Assembly which may filled by candidates belonging to such sections; and
    (ii) delimitation of the Assembly constituencies from which candida belonging to such sections alone may stand for election to  Assembly.
  • The Governor shall have special responsibility for peace and for an equitable arrangement for ensuring the social and economic advancement of the different sections of the Sikkim population. In the discharge of this responsibility, the Governor shall act in his discretion, subject to the directions issued by the President.
  • The President can extend (with restrictions or modifications) to Sikkim any law which is in force in a state of the Indian Union.

Additional Information Constitutional provision for other states:

• Article 371 - Special provision with respect to the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat
• 371A - Special provision with respect to the state of Nagaland
• 371B - Special provision with respect to the state of Assam
• 371C - Special provision with respect to the state of Manipur
• 371D - Special provisions with respect to the state of Andhra Pradesh or the state of Telangana
• 371E - Establishment of Central University in Andhra Pradesh
• 371F - Special provisions with respect to the state of Sikkim
• 371G - Special provision with respect to the state of Mizoram
• 371H - Special provision with respect to the state of Arunachal Pradesh
• 371I - Special provision with respect to the state of Goa
• 371J - Special provisions with respect to the state of Karnataka

The correct answer is Prem Behari Narain Raizada.

Key Points

• Prem Behari Narain Raizada (Saxena) is the man who hand wrote the original Constitution of India.
• Raizada over his desk in the Constitution Hall (now Constitution Club) for six months to handwrite 395 articles, 8 schedules, and a preamble in both English and Hindi.
• He used No.303 pens for English calligraphy and Hindoo dip-pen nib from Birmingham for Hindi calligraphy. 

 

Additional Information

• It all began on August 29, 1947, when the Constituent Assembly set up a Drafting Committee to formulate a Draft Constitution of India.
• After 11 sessions and endless debates and amendments, the Constitution for the newly-independent nation was ready.
• Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru wanted it handwritten in a flowing italic style.
• Prem Behari Narain Raizada (Saxena), a noted calligraphist, was chosen for the task.
• The bespectacled Raizada held a degree from St Stephen’s College (New Delhi) and worked for Govan Brothers (Raymond Eustace Grant Govan, the founder of Govan Brothers, was the first President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India).

Important Points 

• Its weight: 3.75 kilograms.
• Its title: Constitution of India.
• The original copies of the Constitution are kept in special helium-filled cases in the Parliament's library.
• The original manuscript of the Constitution of India that came into force on January 26, 1950.
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The correct answer is Provisions regarding disqualification on ground of defection.

Key Points

• The Tenth schedule recently in news regarding the Supreme court's notice to Goa Assembly Speaker on MLA disqualification proceedings.
• The 52nd Amendment Act of 1985 provided for the disqualification of the members of Parliament and the state legislatures on the ground of defection from one political party to another.
• The Tenth schedule added under the 52nd amendment act.

Important Points

Schedule	Subject matter
First	Names of the states and their territorial jurisdiction.  Names of the Union Territories and their extent.
Second	Provisions regarding the emoluments, allowances, privileges of : The President of India  The Governors of States, The Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the Loksabha  The Chairman and the Deputy Chairman of the Rajyasabha The Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly in the states The Chairman and the Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Council in the States  The Judges of the Supreme Court The Judges of the High Courts The Comptroller and Auditor-General of India.
Third	Forms of oath and affirmations for : The union ministers The candidates for election to the Parliament The members of Parliament The judges of the Supreme Court The Comptroller and Auditor-General of India The state ministers The candidates for election to the state legislature The members of the state legislature The judges of the High Courts
Fourth	Allocation of seats in the Rajya Sabha to the states and the union territories
Fifth	Provisions relating to the administration and control of scheduled areas and scheduled tribes.
Sixth	Provisions relating to the administration of tribal areas in the states of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, and Mizoram.
Seventh	Division of powers between the Union and the States in terms of List I (Union List), List II (State List), and List III (Concurrent List). Presently, the Union List contains 100 subjects (originally 97), the state list contains 61 subjects (originally 66) and the concurrent list contains 52 subjects (originally 47).
Eighth	Languages recognized by the Constitution. Originally, it had 14 languages but presently there are 22 languages. They are: Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri (Dongri), Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Mathili (Maithili), Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santhali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu. Sindhi was added by the 21st Amendment Act of 1967; Konkani, Manipuri, and Nepali were added by the 71 st Amendment Act of 1992; and Bodo, Dongri, Maithili, and Santhali were added by the 92nd Amendment Act of 2003.
Ninth	Acts and Regulations (originally 13 but presently 282) 19 of the state legislatures dealing with land reforms and the abolition of the zamindari system and of the. Parliament dealing with other matters. This schedule was added by the 1st Amendment (1951) to protect the laws included in it from judicial scrutiny on the ground of violation of fundamental rights. However, in 2007, the Supreme Court ruled that the laws included in this schedule after April 24, 1973, are now open to judicial review.
Tenth	Provisions relating to the disqualification of the members of Parliament and State Legislatures on the ground of defection. This schedule was added by the 52nd Amendment Act of 1985, also known as Anti-defection Law.

 

Eleventh	Specifies the powers, authority, and responsibilities ofPanchayats. It has 29 matters. This schedule was added by the 73rd Amendment Act of 1992.
Twelfth	Specifies the powers, authority, and responsibilities of Municipalities. It has 18 matters. This schedule was added by the 74th Amendment Act of 1992.

The correct answer is Canada.

Important Points

• The Federal System of India is governed in terms of the Constitution of India.
• The country of India is also referred to as the Sovereign, Secular, Democratic Republic and has a Parliamentary form of government.
• The nation is basically working according to the Indian Constitution, which was adopted on the 26th of November 1949.
• The federal nature of the Indian constitution was adopted from the Constitution of Canada.

Key Points

• The head of the Executive Union is the President of the country In the Federal System of India.
• The real political, as well as social power, resides in the hands of the Prime Minister, who in turn heads the Council of Ministers.
• According to the Federal System of India, the Prime Minister and his Council of Ministers will advise and help the President.
• It is clearly stated in Article 74 (1) of the Indian Constitution, 
  • The Council of Members is answerable to the Lok Sabha or the House of People, as per the Federal System prevailing in India.
  • The Indian Constitution is subject to change, however, this change can only occur after the bill is passed with a majority of votes in the Parliament House.
  • Legislative powers are shared between the State Legislatures and the Parliament, while the rest of the powers are in the hands of the Parliament of India.
  • The Federal System in India conveys that the President, the Prime Minister, the Council of Ministers, and the Vice-President, together form the Union Executive

The correct answer is Both Hindi and English.

• The original copies of the Indian Constitution, written in Hindi and English.

​Key Points

• The original Constitution of India was handwritten by Prem Behari Narain Raizada in a flowing italic style with beautiful calligraphy.
• Each page was beautified and decorated by artists from Shantiniketan.
• The original constitution had two copies each written in Hindi and English, are kept in special helium-filled cases in the Library of the Parliament of India.
• With 25 parts containing 448 articles and 12 schedules, the Indian Constitution is the longest written constitution of any sovereign country in the world.

​Additional Information                 

• Important facts related to the Indian Constitution
  • The Constituent Assembly, which first met on December 9, 1946, took precisely 2 years, 11 months, and 18 days to come up with the final draft.
  • When the draft was prepared and put for debate and discussion, over 2000 amendments were made, before it was finalized.
  • The drafting of the Constitution was finally complete on 26th November 1949.
  • But, it was legally enforced only after two months on 26th January 1950.
  • Which came to be known as Republic Day.
• Our Constitution makers took inspiration from various other Constitutions while drafting the one for our country, which is why the Indian Constitution is often called a bag of borrowings.
  • The concept of Five Year Plans (FYP) was taken from the USSR.
  • The Directive Principles (socio-economic rights) were taken from Ireland.
  • The ideals of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity in our Preamble have been taken from the French Revolution, which is also the French motto.
  • The Preamble to our Constitution was inspired by the Preamble to the Constitution of the United States of America, which also starts with "We the people".
  • Fundamental rights adopted by American Constitution.
• In the beginning, the Right to Property was also one of the fundamental rights.
  • Article 31 of our constitution said that "No person shall be deprived of his property save by authority of law.
  • However, the 44^th Amendment, in 1978, deleted it.

The correct answer is ​Land and buildings.

• The Constitution of India provides for a division of powers between the Union (Centre) and states.
• It divides all the subjects into 3 lists – Union List, State List, and Concurrent List.
• The Union List describe the subjects under the control Centre Government, the State List describes the subjects under the jurisdiction of states being the Concurrent List describes the subjects which are under the joint jurisdiction of the Centre of States.
• Subjects of Three Lists:
  • The Union List Subjects (97 Subjects).
  • State List (66 Subjects).
  • Concurrent List (47 Subjects).
• The subjects which do not fall in these lists that is residuary subjects have been given to the Centre.

Key Points 

• State List enumerates the subjects on which each State Legislature can legislate and such laws operate within the territory of each state.
• The main subjects of the State List are:
  • Public order, police, state court fees, prisons, local government, public health and sanitation, hospitals and dispensaries, pilgrimages within India, intoxicating liquors, relief of disabled and unemployable, libraries, communications, agriculture, animal husbandry, water supply, irrigation and canals, fisheries, road passenger tax and goods tax, taxes on land and building, capitation tax and others.

The correct answer is 47.

• Lok Sabha considered as the lower house.
• It has seats reserved for Scheduled Castes and Tribes.
• The number of seats reserved for Scheduled Tribes is 41.
• The number of seats reserved for scheduled tribes was increased from 41 to 47 in the 15th Lok Sabha elections.
• The maximum strength of the House envisaged by the Constitution is 552, 
• By-election of up to 530 members to represent the States, up to 20 members to represent the Union Territories and two members of the Anglo-Indian Community to be nominated by the Hon'ble Presiden

Additional Information

• 131 seats out of the 543 Lok Sabha seats are reserved for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
• This is approximately 24% of all the seats.
• 84 seats are reserved for Scheduled Castes, and 47 seats are reserved for Scheduled Tribes.
• These numbers are changed by the Delimitation Commission of India based on changes in the population. 

The correct answer is By indirect elections by the members of the Provincial Legislative Assemblies established in 1935.

• The members of this assembly were elected indirectly, that is by the members of the provincial assemblies by the method of a single transferable vote of proportional representation.

Additional Information 

• Important facts about the Constituent Assembly
  • In 1934, M N Roy first proposed the idea of a constituent assembly.
  • The demand was taken up by the Congress Party in 1935 as an official demand.
  • The British accepted this in the August Offer of 1940.
  • Under the Cabinet Mission plan of 1946, elections were held for the formation of the constituent assembly.
  • The members of this assembly were elected indirectly, that is by the members of the provincial assemblies by the method of a single transferable vote of proportional representation
  • The constituent assembly was formed for the purpose of writing a constitution for independent India
  • Initially, the number of members was 389.
  • After partition, some of the members went to Pakistan and the number came down to 299.
  • Out of this, 229 were from the British provinces and 70 were nominated from the princely states.
  • Dr Sachchidananda Sinha was the first temporary chairman of the Constituent Assembly.
  • Later, Dr Rajendra Prasad was elected as the President and its Vice President was Harendra Coomar Mookerjee.
  • BN Rau was the constitutional advisor.
  • The assembly first met on 9 December 1946.
  • On 13 December 1946, Jawaharlal Nehru moved the ‘Objective Resolution’.
  • The National Flag of the Union was adopted on 22 July 1947.
  • The final document had 22 parts, 395 articles and 8 schedules.
  • The assembly had met for 11 sessions.
  • The last session was held during 14 – 26 November 1949.
  • The constitution was passed and adopted by the assembly on 26 November 1949.
  • On 24 January 1950, ‘Jana Gana Mana’ was adopted as the national anthem.
  • The constitution came into force on 26 January 1950 (which is celebrated as Republic Day).

Key Points

Constitution of India: 

• The Constitution of India came into force on January 26, 1950.
• The constitution is the foundational law of any country.
• It took 2 years 11 months and 18 days to create the constitution of India.
• The process was initiated on 9th December 1946 and came to an end on 26th November 1949.
• 11 sessions covering 165 days were held in this duration.
• Some provisions of the constitution came into force on 26th November 1949 while a major part came into force on 26th January 1950.

​Thus, on 26 January 1950, the constitution of India was implemented.

• The Constituent Assembly met for the first time on 9 December 1946.
• On the basis of the framework provided by the Cabinet Mission, a Constituent Assembly was constituted on 9th December 1946.
• The Constitution-making body was elected by the Provincial Legislative Assembly constituting 389 members who included 93 from the Princely States and 296 from British India.
• The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly took place on December 9, 1946, in New Delhi with Dr Sachidanand being elected as the interim President of the Assembly.
• However, on December 11, 1946, Dr Rajendra Prasad was elected as the President and H.C. Mukherjee as the Vice-President of the Constituent Assembly.

• Functions of the Constituent Assembly
  • Framing the Constitution.
  • Enacting laws and involved in the decision-making process.
  • It adopted the National flag on July 22, 1947.
  • It accepted and approved India's membership in the British Commonwealth in May 1949.
  • It elected Dr Rajendra Prasad as the first President of India on January 24, 1950.
  • It adopted the National anthem on January 24, 1950.
  • It adopted the National song on January 24, 1950.

● The act amended the first schedule of the Constitution in order to exchange the disputed territories occupied by both the nations in accordance with the 1974 bilateral LBA.