Daily Current Affairs – 05-04-2024

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Kesavananda Bharati

Case-24 APRIL

Kesavananda Bharati vs State of Kerala challenged the Kerala government in court in February 1970. The landmark judgement was delivered on 24 th April 1973 . It established the doctrine of basic structure of the Indian Constitution. It ruled that the constituent power of parliament under Article 368 does not enable to alter the basic structure of the constitution. The Court held that the Parliament of India does have the power to amend the Constitution. However, this power is limited.

Technology

Star campaigners

Section 77 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (RP Act) provides for law relating to expenditure incurred by ‘leaders of a political party’. These ‘leaders of a political party’ are popularly known as ‘star campaigners’ . The election expenditure limit for candidates is ₹ 95 lakh per Lok Sabha constituency in larger States and ₹ 75 lakh in smaller States. The RP Act provides that a recognised political party (national or State) can appoint a maximum of 40 star campaigners while a registered unrecognised political party can appoint up to 20. These names are to be communicated to the Election Commission (EC) and Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of the States as applicable within seven days from the date of notification of such election. At present, the RP Act stipulates that political parties can appoint or revoke the appointment of star campaigners.