HC quashes Haryana law for 75% quota in pvt sector jobs
UNDERLINING THAT a government cannot discriminate against individuals merely because they do not belong to a particular state, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday quashed a law passed by the Haryana government in 2020 that provided 75 per cent reservation in private jobs to residents of the state.
“The Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act, 2020 is held to be unconstitutional and violative of Part III of the Constitution of India and is accordingly held ultra vires,” a division bench of Justices G S Sandhawalia and Harpreet Kaur Jeewan said in its order.
The bench, which was hearing a clutch of petitions challenging the law, said the legislation will become “ineffective from the date it came into force”.
1. Around 72 % voter turnout recorded in single phase Assembly Elections in MP; Over 68 % voting in final phase polls in Chhattisgarh.
2. President Droupadi Murmu will inaugurate a two-day International Conference-cum-Exhibition on ‘Aerospace and Aviation in 2047’ in New Delhi.
3. PM Modi stressed that efforts should be made to effectively deal with the challenges posed by Artificial Intelligence and Deepfake technology.
4. PM Modi invites inputs from citizens for Mann Ki Baat programme to be broadcast on November 26.
5. Department of Pensions and Pensioners Welfare, Government of India has launched a month-long Nation-wide campaign to make Pensioners aware of the use of Face Authentication technology for submitting Digital Life Certificate (DLC).
6. Culture Ministry will organize India Art, Architecture, and Design Biennale at Red Fort to provide a global platform for the promotion of arts and the artist fraternity.
7. Himachal Pradesh state government has decided to convert 2,050 primary to senior secondary schools into Chief Minister schools of excellence in a phased manner by 2026-27, said CM Sukhvinder Singh.
8. In Bengaluru, The University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) will organise the annual Krishi Mela at Gandhi Krishi Vignana Kendra in Hebbal from November 17 to 20.
9. Assam government to provide Grade III jobs to National Games medal winners. The state cabinet has approved the appointments of 37th National Games medal winners and cash awards to 42 medal winners who are already in government service.
10. Noney Bridge, the world’s tallest railway pier bridge in Manipur, part of the Jiribam-Imphal project, is nearing completion as 80 per cent of work is completed.
11. Political parties intensify their campaign for Assembly elections in Rajasthan and Telangana.
12.Viksit Bharat SankalpYatra reached Bankati and Bhuda villages of Palia block of Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh.
13. Union Minister of State for social justice and empowerment Pratima Bhoumik distributes loans amounting to Rs. 2. 75 crore to divyangs in Chennai; Also inaugurates a 10 day exhibition showcasing the talents of the Divyangs.
14. To commemorate the 75th Anniversary of Yom-e-Fateh, Liberation of Kargil in November 1948, ‘Forever in Operations’ organised a medical & veterinary camp for the remote border village of Hunderman in Kargil.
15. All India Congress Committee, AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge releases party Manifesto in Hyderabad for Telangana Assembly Elections.
16. South Coast Railway Zone (SCoR) zonal headquarters to be set up in Visakhapatnam soon.
17. Jal Jeevan Mission conducted 4464 activities across the Union Territory as part of fifth phase of ambitious “Back to Village” programme.
18. Midhili Cyclone: The IMD warned fishermen not to venture into the sea in north Bay of Bengal and along and off West Bengal coasts till November 18. Some parts of Odisha, Manipur, Tripura, Nagaland, Manipur, Assam and Meghalaya are likely to receive rain.
19. Alok Sharm, a 1991-batch IPS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre, has been appointed as the chief of the SPG, an elite commando unit that protects the Prime Minister of India.
20. Eminent art historian and art critic Dr BN Goswamy, author of over 26 books, recipient of Padma Bhushan, passed away. He was 90 years.
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LEGAL REPORT
#Chief Justice of India:
Shri Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud
#Minister Of Law & Justice : Arjun Ram Meghwal
#International Court Of Justice Prz. : Joan Donoghue
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1. 75% reservation for Haryana locals in the private sector is unconstitutional, Punjab and Haryana High Court held on Friday.
2. The Delhi High Court on Friday stayed the proceedings against Hero Motocorp chairman Pawan Kant Munjal in a money laundering case.
3. The Madras high court has directed four medical college and hospitals in Puducherry, including deemed universities, to pay a compensation of Rs 10 lakh to each of the 16 candidates for failing to admit him into the postgraduate medical programme even after they were allotted seats by the admission committee.
4. Andhra Pradesh High Court upholds Termination of Service of Temple Employee due to Conversion to Christianity. The Andhra Pradesh High Court has upheld Sri Bramarambha Mallikarjuna Swamy Varla Devasthanam’s (through Executive Officer) termination of the services of an employee who ceased to be a Hindu by converting to Christianity, as the act was repugnant to the requisites of the religious institution.
As per Rule 3 of AP Rules, 2000 every officeholder and servants of a religious institution or endowment shall be a person professing the Hindu Religion and he shall cease to hold office when he ceases to profess the Hindu religion.
5. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday attached four properties in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch, officials said.The properties belong to Mohd Yaseen, son of Sakhi Walayat, a resident of Dhrooti (Dabi) Tehsil Balakot Poonch.As per the anti-terrorism agency, the properties have been attached in connection with the 2021 arms, ammunition, and drug recovery case.
“”””””””””” MISHAP “”””””””
On the sixth day of the operation to rescue 40 workers trapped inside a partially collapsed under-construction Silkyara-Barkot tunnel in Uttarakhand, significant success is said to have been achieved on Friday as 25-metre drilling had been done into the 70-metre-thick rubble to create a safe passage.
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#Minister: Nirmala Sitharaman.
#Commerce & Industry : Piyush Goyal
#RBI Gvrnr: Shaktikanta Das
#President of the World Bank :
Ajay Banga
#IMF MD:
Kristalina Georgieva
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1. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved the appointment of Isha Ambani, Anshuman Thakur and Hitesh Kumar Sethia as directors of Jio Financial Services.
2. The Reserve Bank of India has tightened norms for unsecured personal loans for banks and non-banking financial companies.
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
#Information and Broadcasting Minister: Shri Anurag Singh Thakur
#Chairman of The Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) :
R Madhavan
#Chairman of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC): Prasoon Joshi
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1. Netflix and Yash Raj Films’ are all set to release their much-awaited collaborative series. Titled ‘The Railway Men’, the series will be available on Netflix starting November 18.
The show features R Madhavan, Kay Kay Menon, Divyenndu and Babil Khan.
2. After Rashmika Mandanna, a deepfake video of Bollywood actress Kajol has surfaced on the internet. In the clip, a woman with Kajol’s face photoshopped on her body is seen changing clothes on camera. The video is actually of a British social media influencer, who originally shared the clip on TikTok as part of the ‘Get Ready With Me’ trend.
3. Bollywood Sonam Kapoor has hosted a party her house for legendary footballer David Beckham.
DEFENCE
#Supreme Commander of Armed Forces: The President
#Def Minister: Rajnath Singh
#Def Minister of State :
Ajay Bhatt
#Union Home : Amit Shah
#National Security Advisor : Ajit Doval
#Chief of Defence Staff:
Gen Anil Chauhan, PVSM UYSM AVSM SM VSM
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1. Indian defence company MKU Limited has launched a new ballistic helmet known as the Kavro Doma 360 at the Milipol Paris 2023 exhibition held in Paris from 14 to 17 November.
2. Recently, the latest addition to the Indian Navy’s fleet, ‘Amini,’ an Arnala class ship, was launched at L&T Shipbuilding’s facility in Kattupalli, Tamil Nadu.
3. Indian Army soldiers during a gun battle between terrorists and security forces in J&K, five Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists were killed in Jammu and Kashmir’s (J&K) Kulgam district.
4. The ninth edition of the Joint Military exercise “Exercise MITRA SHAKTI-2023” has officially commenced in Aundh (Pune), running from 16th to 29th November 2023. The exercise brings together the Indian and Sri Lankan armed forces for collaborative training and strategic cooperation.
5. INS Kora was deployed at the Port of Colombo from 15-16 November for Operational Turnaround.
INS Kora, a guided-missile corvette of the Indian Navy, has made a successful port call to Sri Lanka, the island nation’s navy said on Friday.
6. Russian media reported an arms deal between New Delhi and Moscow. It is for the IGLA-S anti-aircraft missiles. It’s a Russian staple missile. It will now be made in India. One person can use it to target enemy aircraft. It has the ability to differentiate a friend from a foe. It will chase down an enemy aircraft and explode when it’s close enough to take the jet down.
Russia first developed it in the 1980s. The IGLA-1 was the first missile iteration.
7. Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh held a bilateral meeting with his Timor-Leste counterpart Dr Donaciano Do Rosario Da Costa Gomes in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta.
8. The Passing out Parade (POP) of the 145th course of the National Defence Academy (NDA) in Pune, will be held on November 30.
President Smt. Droupadi Murmu who is also the Supreme Commander of Armed Forces will review the Parade.
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