arihant current affairs magazine monthly

arihant current affairs magazine monthly

arihant current affairs magazine monthly Published this article page no 01 CRIMINALIZATION OF POLITICS Why in News? Recently Supreme Court made it mandatory for political parties to publish including on official social media pages details of cases against their candidates and the reasons for selecting them over others. Background  Criminalisation of politics means rising participation of criminals in the electoral process and selection of the same as elected representatives of the people.  Supreme Court called criminalisation of politics an extremely disastrous and lamentable situation and raised concerns about unsettlingly increasing trend in the country. o There is an increase of 109% (in 2019) in the number of MPs with declared serious criminal cases since 2009. o 29% of those elected to the Lok Sabha in 2019 have declared serious crimes.  Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) analysis shows that candidates facing criminal charges had double the chances of winning as compared to those with clean record.  Present verdict comes based on contempt petitions filed against political parties for allegedly disregarding the directions given in Public interest foundation case 2018. o So exercising powers under Articles 129 and 142 of the Constitution which deal with the contempt power of the Supreme Court and enforcement of its decrees and orders it has given this verdict arihant current affairs magazine monthly buy.

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