SC ends immunity for legislators taking bribe
The seven judge bench on Monday declared that
parliamentary privileges and immunity will not impact legislators who take
bribes to vote or speak in Parliament or state legislature from criminal
prosecution .
Earlier a five judge bench had declared that
given exemption declaring that , the lawmaker who took bribes were immune from
prosecution of corruption if they go ahead and vote or speak in the house as
agreed .
Following were the Supreme Court’s observations
: – “ Privileges and immunity are not gateways to claim exemption from central
law of land …”
“Corruption and bribery of members of the
Assembly erode the foundation of Indian
primary democracy “ , the Supreme Court
observed .
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The offense of bribery is complete
at the point when legislator accepts the bribe
PM slams political
dynasty says the country’s people are his family
Hitting out at RJD’s Lalu Prasad comment that
has no family .
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a rally in
Chennai said “ 140 crore people “ were his family .
“ Mera Bharat Mera Parivar “ he declared and
said the entire country was speaking in one voice “ I am Modi’s family “ .
The PM welcomed SC judgment to scrap immunity
to MPs and MLAs over taking bribe .
BJP has launched “ Modi ka Pariwar “ campaign
with Members putting this as their wallpaper .
PM visits Kalpakkam
Nuclear power plant
PM Narendra Modi in Kalpakkam for the first time witnessed the
commencement of “ core loading “ at India’s first Indigenous Fast Breeder Reactor
( 500 MWe ) at Kalpakkam .
Most of the reactors in India are Pressurized
Water Reactors . In 2003 Govt commissioned
Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Ltd (BHAVINi ) to develop India’s first fast breeder reactor prototype
.
With its operation India will be only the
second country after Russia to commercially operate the Fast Breeder Reactor .
Fast
Breeder Reactor ( FBR) – A fast breeder reactor uses the Uranium Plutonium mixed oxide fuel .
The current reactors in India use Uranium –
235 as fuel .
FBR is the second stage of India’s three stage
nuclear power programme .
No positive result from talks with Shah : Ladakh leaders
Civil society leaders of Ladakh on Monday held
a meeting with Home mister Amit Shah , on Monday
But “
the meeting did not result in any positive outcomeThis was their first meeting
with the home minister .
Tired
of spam and fraud calls ? File a plaint on Chaksu
The department of telecommunication(
DoT ) on Monday launched Chakshu , a
platform for telecom users . The facility available at sancharsarathi.gov.in /sfc will allow citizens to “ proactively “
report online fraud communications “ , the DOT said in its announcement .
The platform will allow users to report fraud
related to bank account , payment wallet , SIM , gas connection , electricity
connection , KYC update , expiry , deactivation , impersonation as govt
officials and or relative , sextortion .
The digital intelligence platform was also
launched ,which would be a non-public platform for data sharing between “
telecom service providers , law enforcement agencies ,banks and financial
institutions “ social media platforms ,identify documents issuing authorities
and so on “ .
Ashwani vaishanav also signaled the launch of
Caller Name Presentation (CNAP ) , a feature that would allow users registered
with it to see name of everyone calling them .Telecom company had warned that
it would adversely impact people’s privacy rights .
SBI takes time till June 30 to disclose the details of poll
bonds
The Supreme Court (SC ) in its order on poll bonds had told it to give
information on poll bonds to the election commission by March 6 .
SBI has cited practical difficulties and has
asked for time till June 30 .
States
Protest
erupts after wild Jumbo kills woman
A wild elephant trampled a old age woman in
Idukki district of Kerala on Monday .
This is the fifth such incident in two months
in Munnar forest division in last two months .
Man Animal conflict in Kerala is a huge
problem . There have been thousands in recent years when wild animals has
destroyed crops .
Some of the causes of this include :
(1)
Increased cultivation area that is
reducing wildlife habitat .
(2)
Increase in the number of animals like elephants and tigers due to
conservation efforts .
(3)
People settling near wildlife
areas .
(4)
The number of prolific breeders
like wild boar and peacock has also increased .
₹1500
monthly aid for Himachal women , says CM
Women above 18 years of age will be given
financial assistance of ₹1500 per month by Himachal Pradesh govt . This is
under ‘ ‘ Indira Gandhi Pyari Behna Samman Nidhi Yojna ‘ .
The scheme was promised before the polls by
Congress .
Kerala
struggles to pay employee salaries , limits withdrawal to ₹50,000
The Kerala government has begun crediting salaries to state employees on
Monday, but withheld the daily withdrawal limit ton₹50,000 citing technical
issues .
Kerala govt is going under acute financial
crisis Kerala in Supreme Court has cited that central govt is withholding
₹57400 crore of the fund . Center is denying this . Center has accused Kerala
of financial mismanagement .
The next hearing is on March 5 .
Karnataka
police handed over Bengaluru cafe explosion case to Central Agency
Bengluru police has handed over the Rameshwar
Cafe blast case to National Investigation Agency NIA .
Uttarakhand
cabinet nod to recover damage cost
Uttarakhand cabinet passed an ordinance talks
of Uttarakhand (Government ) and Recovery of damage of Private property
(Ordinance ) act ,2024. The act has
provisions that those who damage private property during riots or protests will
have to pay back . A fine upto ₹ 8 lakh will also be imposed on them.
Uttar Pradesh and Haryana has similar laws in
place .
World
Joe Biden , Donald Trump set to win primary races on
Super Tuesday
17 US states will go for their primaries and Caucuses voting on Tuesday
, March 5 .
On the Republican side, Diamond Trump has only
one opponent in Nikkie Healey .
While From Democrat side , Joe Biden is going
uncontested
Supreme Court restores Donald Trump to ballot
Federal US court had earlier banned Trump from
being a Presidential candidate because of the Capitol Hill incident .
The Supreme Court overruled the Federal Court
decision
