HIGHLIGHTS OF THE HINDU NEWS ANALYSIS
1.The Jammu and Kashmir Delimitation Commission will base its final report on the 2011 Census and will also take into account the topography, difficult terrain, means of communication and convenience availablewhile delimiting seven additional seats for the 83member Assembly of the Union Territory (UT), besides granting reservation to the Schedule Tribe (ST) and Schedule Caste (SC) communities
2.STs, including Bakerwals and Gujjars, will get reservation in this delimitation exercise
3.all five zonal Benches of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) are equally powerful and that their orders would be applicable pan India, the Madras High Court has disapproved of a 2017 Central notification which terms the north zone Bench in Delhi as the principal Bench
4.It is prima facie contrary to the NGT Act of 2010 as the latter does not speak about any principal Bench.
5.Favouring the introduction of Uniform Civil Code (UCC),the Delhi High Court has said the Indian youth need not be forced to struggle with issues arising due to conflicts in various personal laws in relation to marriage and divorce
6.The modern Indian society was “gradually becoming homogenous, the traditional barriers of religion, community and caste are slowly dissipating” and thus UCC“ought not to remain a mere hope”
7.The youth of India belonging to various communities,tribes, castes or religions who solemnise their marriages ought not to be forced to struggle with issues arising due to conflicts in various personal laws,especially in relation to marriage and divorce,
8.Shah Bano reference While referring to several decisions of the Supreme court on the need for UCC, including the historical Shah Bano case of 1985, the court said:“The hope expressed in Article 44 of the Constitution that the State shall secure for its citizens Uniform Civil Code ought not to remain a mere hope.”
9.A Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) was passed at a Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) decided to notify the GRAP that will “objectively and transparently” ensure an “institutional and automatic” response with regards to enforcement measures,lockdowns and unlock activities`The government said the plan wasprepared in comparison with ascent data of the four waves at specificpositivity rates of 0.5%, 1%, 2% and 5% and also considered on the basis of the earlier four waves