world focus magazine Published this article page no 82 Article 30. 3. Article 14. 4. Article 21. 5. Minority Status. Mains Link Discuss the significance of grant of minority status of a religion in the country. 10. Delimitation Commission Context A plea has been moved in the Supreme Court by two Kashmir residents challenging the Centres decision to constitute the delimitation commission for redrawing the assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies in Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Whats the issue?35The plea sought declaration that the increase of number of seats from 107 to 114 (including 24 seats in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir) in Jammu & Kashmir is Ultra vires the Constitutional Provisions such as Articles 14 81 82 170 330 and 332 and Statutory Provisions particularly under Section 63 of the Jammu & Kashmir Reorganisation Act 2019. The plea said that while Article 170 of the Constitution of India provides that the next delimitation in the country will be taken up after 2026 then why has the UT of Jammu and Kashmir been singled out? When the was Delimitation Commission set up? On March 6 2020 the Union Government Ministry of Law and Justice (Legislative Department) had issued a notification in exercise of power under Section 3 of the Delimitation Act 2002 constituting a Delimitation Commission with former Supreme Court judge (Retd) Ranjana Prakash Desai as Chairperson for the purpose of delimitation of Assembly and Parliamentary constituencies in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the state of Assam Arunachal Pradesh Manipur and Nagaland for a period of one year. Constitutional Provisions Under Article 82 the Parliament enacts a Delimitation Act after every Census. Under Article 170 States also get divided into territorial constituencies as per Delimitation Act after every Census. To know more about the Delimitation Commission Composition and its functions read this. Insta Curious The last Delimitation Commission was set up on July 12 2002 in exercise of powers conferred by Section 3 of the Delimitation Act 2002 after the 2001 Census to carry out the exercise throughout the country. InstaLinks Prelims Link Previous delimitation commissions powers and functions. 2. Composition of the commission. 3. Who can set up? 4. Are changes allowed in final orders? 5. Which are the constitution provisions related? Mains Link How and why delimitation of constituencies is carried out? Discuss. Topics Separation of powers between various organs dispute redressal mechanisms and institutions. 1. SC enforces a landmark ruling on death penalty Context More than four decades after a landmark ruling on death sentence cases a bench in the Supreme Court has made psychological evaluation of the condemned prisoner mandatory. It has also sought a report on the inmates conduct at the time of examining whether the gallows remains the only fitting punishment. What has the court said? Taking a cue from the Bachan Singh verdict justice Lalit in a series of death sentences cases has recently held that complete assistance to the court in such matters would necessitate the production of not just the evidence in the case but also the latest state of the mental health of the prisoner. Supreme Courts verdict in Bachan Singh vs State of Punjab (1980) This verdict established the doctrine of rarest of rare crime in handing down capital punishment while mandating a comparative analysis of aggravating and mitigating circumstances in connection to the accused. The judgment laid down that a court must scrutinise both the crime as well as the criminal and then decide whether death penalty is the only suitable punishment in the facts of the case.36Emphasis is to be also laid on the aggravating and mitigating factors which are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of the case. Machi Singh vs State of Punjab (1983) In this case the Supreme Court elucidated the doctrine of rarest of rare and set down some guiding principles in the death sentences cases world focus magazine buy.
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