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Yet Again a Hit on Tweets.

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 ~Preet This image was taken from  https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTRnsYDIuI_RYCYUtFkyEvo2HRRov49uUwq7w&usqp=CAU  the Author or Publisher has no rights on the image. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) issued instructions to remove some tweets from Twitter under Section 69 (A) of the Information Technology Act of 2000. (Microblogging Site). Twitter has filed a petition with the Karnataka High Court, saying that many of the banning orders violate Section 69 (A) of the Act. According to Section 69 (A) of the IT Act, the corporation "failed to comply with the directives on repeated occasions," according to the Ministry. Twitter provided a list of over 80 accounts and messages that it has banned in response to a government request in 2021. Twitter believes that the Ministry's reasons for flagging various accounts and messages are either "over-broad and arbitrary" or "disproportionate." According to Twi

Is it time to amend Anti-Defection Laws ?

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 ~Preet. Recently, the Vice-President stated that the time has come to modify the country's anti-defection legislation to close current loopholes. Individual Members of Parliament (MPs)/MLAs are punished under the anti-defection statute for defecting from one party to another. In 1985, Parliament inserted it to the Constitution as the Tenth Schedule. Its goal was to keep governments stable by deterring MPs from switching parties. The Tenth Schedule, often known as the Anti-Defection Act, was included into the Constitution by the 52nd Amendment Act of 1985. It establishes the procedures for disqualifying elected members for defecting to another political party. It was a reaction to the overthrow of various state administrations by party-hopping MLAs following the 1967 federal elections. It enables a group of MPs/MLAs to join (i.e., combine with) another political party without incurring the defection penalty. Furthermore, political parties are not penalised for soliciting or tolerat

MGNREGA: Wage Rate Revised.

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 ~Preet. The Ministry of Rural Development recently announced new compensation rates under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) for the fiscal year 2022-23. The salary rates are published in accordance with the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act of 2005. The MGNREGA wage rates are determined by changes in the CPI-AL (Consumer Price Index-Agriculture Labor), which indicates the growth in rural inflation. The Ministry of Rural Development recently announced new compensation rates under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) for the fiscal year 2022-23. The salary rates are published in accordance with the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act of 2005. The MGNREGA wage rates are determined by changes in the CPI-AL (Consumer Price Index-Agriculture Labor), which indicates the growth in rural inflation. MGNREGA is one of the world's largest work-guarantee programmes. The scheme's major

Supreme Court On Taxing of Lotteries.

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 ~Preet. In a recent decision, the Supreme Court ruled that a state legislature has the authority to levy taxes on lotteries run by other states within its jurisdiction. Previously, the Karnataka High Court ruled that substantial provisions of the Karnataka Police (Amendment) Act, 2021, which prohibited internet gambling and skill-based gaming platforms, were unconstitutional. The Supreme Court ruled in 2020 that lottery, gaming, and betting are taxed under the 2017 Goods and Services Tax (GST) Act. The decision was made in response to appeals filed by the governments of Karnataka and Kerala against decisions of their respective High Courts to overturn laws enacted by their legislatures to tax lotteries organised and promoted by the states of Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Manipur in Kerala, and Karnataka. The High Courts ruled that the two states' tax rules were unlawful and unconstitutional, and ordered Kerala and Karnataka to repay the money received as tax from lotteries