Current Affairs for IAS Exams – 24 December 2015
:: NATIONAL ::
Electronic FIR in Maharastra
From January 1, all police stations in Maharashtra will
start registering First Information Reports (FIRs) online and the
complainant will get a copy of the complaint on WhatsApp, along with a SMS
confirming the filing.
Every police station will be online and paperless. For
that, every police station must register FIR electronically, as per the
guidelines of the Central government. While none of the states have done it.
On the other issue of dance bar, M.H. government is
totally against restarting of dance bars and is seeking the opinion of
Advocate-General on bringing a new law to ban them.
Madras court created history conducted proceedings with Skype
The Madras High Court Bench created history, once again
conducted the court proceedings over Skype from Chennai for the first time
in a case related to 89 inmates of an unauthorised private children’s Home
for girls run by Mose Ministries in Tiruchi.
The urgent hearing by the Division Bench was necessitated
following a request made by the SGP who informed the court that all 89
inmates of the Home, overtaken by a committee led by Tiruchi Collector on
court orders.
They staged a road blockade against the judges’ refusal
to permit them to attend Christmas service in the church usually visited by
them.
Court said that it is the duty of Pastor to ensure that
the inmates of the Children’s Home respect the rule of law.
He must also inform the inmates that any group of people
who stage road rokos and demonstrations at public places without prior
permission would normally get arrested and prosecuted.
Maharastra government will file special leave petition in Salman Khan’s case
The Maharashtra government will file an appeal in the
Supreme Court against the acquittal of actor Salman Khan in the 2002
hit-and-run case.
The High Court, in its order on December 10, had
acquitted the actor of all charges in the accident that had killed one
person and injured four.
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:: INTERNATIONAL ::
Russian raids in Syria may include war crimes
Amnesty International said Russian air raids have killed
hundreds of civilians in Syria, many in targeted strikes that could
constitute war crimes, since beginning nearly three months ago.
Some attacks appear to have directly attacked civilians
or civilian objects by striking residential areas with no evident military
target and even medical facilities, resulting in deaths and injuries to
civilians, said Amnesty.
Such attacks may amount to war crimes, Amnesty also said
that it is crucial that suspected violations are independently and
impartially investigated.
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