Are you preparing for legal competitive exams?
Most legal competitive exams require awareness of current affairs in the legal field and beyond.
To help your preparation journey, Team YLCC has prepared an overview of all the important developments that have taken place in March 2023. Happy Reading!
International
- Deakin University (Australia) became the 1st foreign university to receive approval to set up its International Branch Campus in India.
- The World Bank signed a $1 Billion program to support India’s Health Sector.
- For the first time, UN members agreed on a unified treaty to protect biodiversity in the High Seas.
- As per the latest report, radio interference from satellites is threatening astronomy.
- India-US 5th Commercial Dialogue was recently concluded.
- India, Australia pledge to raise trade to $100bn.
- Silicon Valley Bank, becomes US largest bank to collapse.
- Mount Merapi, located in Central Island of Java in Indonesia erupted recently.
- Russia agreed to extend Black Sea Grain Deal for 60 days.
- World Air Quality Report- India ranked 8th in worst air quality.
- US, in a senate resolution, recognised McMahon Line as international boundary between China and India
- The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant against Vladimir Putin for War Crimes in Ukraine.
- India, Bangladesh inaugurated a cross-border energy pipeline.
- IMF cleared a 3 Billion Dollar bailout for Sri Lanka.
- Images from the Atla Regio area show evidence of volcanic activity on Venus.
- Japan announced a New Plan For Free And Open Indo Pacific.
- Terran 1, the world’s first 3D-printed rocket, failed to reach orbit.
- The World Athletics Council has banned transgender women athletes from competing in elite female competitions if they have gone through male puberty.
- ISRO’s heaviest Launch Vehicle Mark 3 (LVM-3) successfully placed 36 Oneweb Satellites in orbit.
- Japan to connect the landlocked North East Region with Bangladesh.
- Implementation of Daylight Saving Time created widespread confusion in Lebanon.
- Saudi Arabia agreed to Join Shanghai Cooperation Organization as a Dialogue Partner.
- Donald Trump became the first former U.S. President to face a criminal charge.
National
- ISRO successfully conducted a key rocket engine test for Chandrayaan-3.
- Government to develop 23 river systems for cargo and passenger Vessel movement.
- The Bureau of Indian Standards, has prohibited the sale of hallmarked gold jewelry without HUID after 31st March 2023.
- Indian Navy successfully test-fired ship-launched version of BrahMos missile with an indigenous seeker and booster in Arabian Sea.
- Centre released guidelines for celebrities, influencers, and virtual influencers on social media platforms.
- Over-the-top (OTT) platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney Hotstar and others can now stream digital feeds of TV news channels even if they have 100% FDI.
- The Manipur government withdrew from the Suspension of Operations Agreement with insurgent groups.
- RBI permitted banks from 18 countries to trade in Indian rupee.
- ISRO plans Space Tourism by 2030.
- Defence Acquisition Council approves proposals worth Rs 70,500 Crore for Armed Forces & Indian Coast Guard.
- The Ministry of Home Affairs, has announced 10% reservation for former Agniveers in vacancies in CISF.
- Rajasthan becomes the first state to pass the Right to Health Bill.
- Tremors were felt across North India, after a 6.6 quake struck northern Afghanistan, because of collision of the Indo Australian plate with Eurasian plate.
- Asia’s largest International Liquid Mirror Telescope inaugurated at Devasthal in Uttarakhand.
- Lok Sabha approves setting up of GST Appellate Tribunal.
- Prime Minister addressed, One World TB summit in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
- The Ministry Of Environment, Forest And Climate Change launched the Aravalli Green Wall Project.
Legal
- SC held that legislators facing disqualification cannot attend floor test.
- SC observed that for application of anti-defection law, it does not matter whether the rival group is the minority or majority within the political party if their acts amount to defection.
- SC ordered that, until a law is made, CEC and ECs will be appointed by the President on advice of committee (Anoop Baranwal v. Union of India and ors.).
- SC formed a panel to review Investor Protection norms.
- SC eased the norms for selection of Consumer Court Presidents and Members.
- Centre in a counter-affidavit filed in SC said, decriminalisation of Section 377 IPC cannot give rise to a claim to seek recognition for same-sex marriage under Special Marriage Act (SMA), 1954.
- SC in a recent judgment held that compassionate appointment is not a vested right of dependents of a deceased employee.
- BCI gave permission to foreign law firms to enter India.
- SC observed that Governor’s decision to call for a floor test should not trigger the fall of a government (Subhash Desai v. Principal Secretary, Governor of Maharashtra And Ors.)
- SC refused to accept the central government’s sealed cover note about its views on payment of One Rank One Pension arrears to ex-service personnel.
- SC asked Centre to provide data which may point to a more dignified, less painful and socially acceptable method of executing prisoners other than death by hanging.
- SC gave States, Union Territories and High Courts, 3 months time to set up online RTI portals.
- SC, in a recent judgment, allowed High Courts to interfere with pension and service-related matters decided by the Armed Forces Tribunal.
- Surat Court awarded 2 year jail term to Rahul Gandhi in a criminal defamation case.
- Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), 1967: SC restores ‘Guilty by association’ doctrine.
YLCC would like to thank Udita Miyan for her valuable insights in this article.
