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Violence erupted during a Ram Navami procession in Murshidabad, West Bengal, following an altercation.
The clashes involved stone-pelting and vandalism, leading to injuries and property damage.
Security forces have been deployed, and the situation is being monitored to restore peace.
The incident highlights challenges in maintaining law and order during religious festivals.
Guarantees freedom of conscience and free profession, practice, and propagation of religion, subject to public order, morality, and health. This implies that religious practices cannot infringe upon public peace.
Grants freedom to manage religious affairs, again subject to public order, morality, and health. This empowers religious denominations to manage their own affairs but within the bounds of law and order.
Law and order, including police, is a State subject. This means the primary responsibility for maintaining peace and preventing communal clashes rests with the respective state governments.
Various sections like 144 (unlawful assembly), 147 (rioting), 153A (promoting enmity between different groups), 295A (deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings) are invoked in cases of communal violence.
Primary agency responsible for maintaining law and order, preventing crime, and ensuring public safety within the state. They are the first responders to such incidents.
Overall in-charge of law and order in the district, coordinating with police and other agencies to manage crises and ensure peace.
Deployed by the Union Government to assist state police in maintaining law and order, especially during sensitive situations or large-scale disturbances.
Communal violence is a significant challenge to India's internal security framework, requiring robust intelligence, prevention, and response mechanisms.
Highlights the division of powers, with law and order being a state subject, but with potential for central intervention/assistance.
The need for all citizens and state actors to uphold constitutional values of secularism, tolerance, and respect for diverse practices.
Courts often intervene to ensure fundamental rights are protected while public order is maintained, reviewing state actions.
GS-I: Indian Society (Communalism); GS-II: Polity (Fundamental Rights, Federalism); GS-III: Internal Security (Challenges to internal security)
General Awareness (Current Affairs, Indian Polity - Fundamental Rights)
General Awareness (Current Affairs, Basic Polity)
General Awareness (Current Affairs, Indian Polity)
General Awareness (Internal Security, Polity)
Which one of the following statements best reflects the Chief purpose of the 'Constitution' of a country?
Answer: It defines and limits the powers of government.
For the horizontal tax devolution, the Fifteenth Finance Commission used how many of the above as criteria other than population area and income distance? 1. Demographic performance 2. Forest and ecology 3. Governance reforms 4. Stable government 5. Tax and fiscal efforts
Answer: Only three
In essence, what does 'Due Process of Law' mean?
Answer: Fair application of law
High for UPSC (Internal Security, Polity), Medium for other exams (Current Affairs, Basic Polity).
The maintenance of peace and tranquility in society, a state subject under the Indian Constitution.
Loyalty to one's own ethnic or religious group rather than to society as a whole, often leading to conflict.
An order issued by an Executive Magistrate to prohibit assembly of four or more people in an area, often used to prevent public disturbances.