Sources of Indian Constitution – Borrowed Features Countries Borrowed Features United Kingdom Parliamentary government Rule of Law The legislative speaker and their role Legislative procedure Single Citizenship Cabinet system Prerogative writs Parliamentary privileges Bicameralism Speaker in Lok Sabha United States Fundamental rights Independence of judiciary Supreme Court Judicial review Impeachment of the president Removal of Supreme Court …
Complete List of Chief Justice of India (CJI) from (1950- 2020) S.No Name of CJI Period 1 H. J. Kania 1950-1951 2 M. Patanjali Sastri 1951-1954 3 Mehr Chand Mahajan 1954 4 Bijan Kumar Mukherjea 1954-1956 5 Sudhi Ranjan Das 1956-1959 6 Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha 1959-1964 7 P. B. Gajendragadkar 1964-1966 8 Amal Kumar …
Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) DCGI is responsible for approval of licences of specified categories of drugssuch as blood and blood products, IV fluids, vaccines and sera in India. It comes under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. DCGI under gamut of Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO). DCGI lays down standards and quality …
Border Security Force (BSF) The Border Security Force (BSF) is a Border Guarding Force of India. It was established on December 1, 1965. It is a paramilitary force charged with guarding India’s land border during peace time and preventing transnational crime. It is a Union Government Agency under the administrative control of Ministry of Home …
CERT-In (Indian Computer Emergency Response Team) CERT-In is operational since January 2004, (CERT-In) within the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. The constituency of CERT-In is the Indian Cyber Community. CERT-In is the national nodal agency for responding to computer security incidents as and when they occur. It issued a list of security guidelines to …
National Investigation Agency (NIA) National Investigation Agency (NIA) is a central agency established by the Indian Government to combat terror in India. NIA was created after the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks as need for a central agency to combat terrorism was realised. It acts as the Central Counter Terrorism Law Enforcement Agency. The agency is …
National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK) NCSK is statutory body established under National Commission for Safai Karamcharis Act, 1993 It was established in 1994 to deal with the grievances of persons engaged in manual scavenging. It aims to promote and safeguard interests and rights of Safai Karamcharis and Manual Sacavengers and works for welfare of …
Preventive detention Preventive detention means to detain a person so that to prevent that person from commenting on any possible crime or in other words preventive detention is an action taken by the administration on the grounds of the suspicion that some wrong actions may be done by the person concerned which will be prejudicial …
Minorities – Act, Rights under Constitution, National Commission of Minorities & Ministry Define ‘Minority’ ‘Minority’ – The word nowhere used in the Indian Constituiton. But the term “minority” has neither been defined in the act nor the Constitution, and there is no widely accepted definition of the term globally. The term “minority”, in general context, …