Passage Based Questions: Legal Aptitude - 4 | Passage Based Questions for CLAT Preparation PDF Download

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Some years ago, the government of Poland signed the highly controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, the European Union’s online piracy legislation. There were widespread protests in Poland. About 30MPs were part of a silent but visually telling protest in Parliament. They held up paper replicas of the Guy Fawkes mask, made famous by the Anonymous hacktivist group and separately by the “Occupy” movement.
In 2018, as President Donald Trump delivered his State of the Union address, Democrat Congresswomen wore black in solidarity with the #MeToo movement. In India, something similar happened earlier this year, during the President’s Address to the joint sitting of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. Some MPs resorted to a dignified but effective protest. They wore white-kurtas or shirts -with the simple slogan emblazoned in red; “No to CAA; No to NRC”.
Opposition protests in India during parliamentary sessions have followed two templates- raising issues and at a pinch rushing to the Well of the House; or gathering at the meditative Mahatma Gandhi statue in the Parliament Complex at 10:30 in the morning, half an hour before the two Houses meet, carrying posters and raising slogans.
There are clear limitations to both such approaches. In the House, the government is using its brute majority and capture of the chair to nullify opposition attempts. The gathering of opposition MPs at the Gandhi statue, usually a precursor to raising an important matter in the House 30 minutes later, is also not as novel as it once was.
Another innovation is the use of social media to crowd source issues and questions from the public that can be raised in Parliament. To be sure, some of the suggestions are silly and the MP has to use her discretion. But some of the suggestions are brilliant and very thoughtful. They leave me impressed -and confident that in our democracy, the people know best.

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The Payment of Gratuity (Amendment ) Bill, 2018 has been passed by Lok Sabha on 15th March, 2018 and by Rajya Sabha on 22nd March, 2018. It has come into force on 29th March.2018. This act has brought amendment into the payment of gratuity act, 1972.It aims to provide social security to the employees after retirement, whether retirement is a result of superannuation, or physical disablement or impairment of vital part of the body. The duration of maternity leave has been extended to 26 weeks from 12 weeks. The maximum limit of gratuity which was earlier restricted to 10 lakh rupees has been extended to 20 lakh rupees. This amended act will create equality among those private, government and public employees who were not included in Central Civil Service (Pension) Rules,1972.