Prajwal Revanna, JDS MP and joint BJP-JDS candidate in Hassan, has reportedly fled to Germany after multiple video clips depicting sexual assault on women — some government employees — started circulating online and an FIR was registered on a complaint by a former employee. However, in this story of the disgraced MP, what is notable is not the protagonist but the context which empowered and protected him. It is now clear that there was knowledge of his behaviour. Yet not only was no action taken against him, he was made the joint candidate for the BJP-JDS alliance, with the Prime Minister himself campaigning for him.

Source: What binds Prajwal Revanna, Brij Bhushan Singh, Kuldeep Sengar – a system that treats women as dispensable | The Indian Express

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Passage 2

A U.N. resolution sponsored by Germany and Rwanda to establish an annual day to commemorate the genocide of more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslims by Bosnian Serbs has sparked protests and a strong lobbying campaign against its adoption by Serbia’s President and the Bosnian Serb leadership.
The U.N. General Assembly has scheduled a debate on the resolution on the morning of May 23 to be followed by a vote in the world body.
The draft asks the United Nations to prepare an outreach programme and invites countries, organisations, civil society and others to observe the day with special observances and activities in memory and honour of the victims as well as “appropriate education and public awareness-raising activities”.

Source- U.N. resolution to commemorate Srebrenica genocide in Bosnia sparks opposition from Serbs – The Hindu

17th MAY 2024 CLAT

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Passage 1

1. The Representation of Peoples Act of which year mentions the criteria for disqualifying a person for contesting an election of the legislature?

A. 1950

B. 1951

C. 1953

D. 1954

2. Section 8 of the act provides for disqualification on conviction for certain offences, according to which an individual punished with a jail term of more than ___ years cannot stand in an election for ___ years after the jail term has ended.

A. 2, 5

B. 3, 6

C. 2, 6

D. 3, 5

3. In 1983, which Committee on Criminalisation of Politics was constituted with an objective to identify the extent of the political-criminal nexus and to recommend ways in which the criminalisation of politics can be effectively dealt with?

A. Vohra

B. Mahajan

C. SS Singh

D. SP Pal

4. In which case, the five-judge bench of the Supreme Court held that a person cannot be disqualified from contesting elections merely because they have been charged with a criminal offence?

A. Lily Thomas v. UOI

B. Ramesh Dalal v. UOI

C. PUCL v. UOI

D. Manoj Narula v. UOI

5. Consider the following statements: 1. In India, there is no law restricting the candidates from contesting in one Lok Sabha election from three constituencies. 2. In the 1991 Lok Sabha Election, Shri Devi Lal contested from three Lok Sabha constituencies. 3. As per the existing rules, if a candidate contests in one Lok Sabha election from many constituencies, his/her party should bear the cost of bye-elections to the constituencies vacated by him/her winning in all the constituencies. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A. 1 only

B. 2 only

C. 1 and 3

D. 2 and 3

Passage 2

6. A U.N. resolution sponsored by Germany and Rwanda to establish an annual day to commemorate the genocide that took place in?

A. 1995

B. 1997

C. 1999

D. 2001

7. Serbia President _______ as well as the Bosnian Serb leadership have vehemently opposed the adoption of the Srebrenica resolution, saying it brands all Serbs as a “genocidal nation”.

A. Robert Fico

B. Zoran Milanovic

C. Aleksander Vucic

D. Zuzana Caputova

8. The final draft of the resolution would designate July __ as the “International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the Genocide in Srebrenca,” to be observed annually starting in two months.

A. 6

B. 7

C. 9

D. 11

9. Which of this is correct?

A. The International Court of Justice, the UN's highest tribunal, determined in 2009 that the acts committed in Srebrenica constituted genocide, and the court's determination is included in the draft resolution.

B. It was Europe's first genocide since the Nazi Holocaust in World War II, which killed an estimated 6 million Jews and people from other minorities.

C. Both

D. None

10. The U.N. General Assembly has scheduled a debate on the resolution on the morning of May 23 to be followed by a vote in the how many-member world body?

A. 191

B. 193

C. 194

D. 195