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GS-4FIDUCIARY ETHICS IN TRUST MANAGEMENT

Vaishno Devi's Rs 500-Crore Silver Puzzle: When a Sacred Trust Needs a Court Order to Investigate Itself

The Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jammu, has directed the Crime Branch's inquiry officer to personally appear with records after a complainant argued that administrative forwarding of a complaint is not the same as lawful investigation. The case raises questions about how India's religious trusts are audited and how quickly law enforcement acts when the institution under scrutiny is one of the country's most revered shrines.

Sub TopicFIDUCIARY DUTY AND INSTITUTIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY IN…SourceINDIAN EXPRESS
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GS-4CLEMENCY ETHICS & HATE CRIME VICTIMS

Twenty-Six Years, Two Children, One Remission Form

The Supreme Court on July 14, 2026, directed the Odisha government to take a final decision within one month on the remission plea of Dara Singh, whose case has already been cleared by the Odisha State Sentence Review Board on grounds of "good behaviour." Singh has served 26 years for leading the 1999 mob killing of Graham Staines and his two minor sons, an act the Supreme Court itself, in 2011, described as intended to…

Sub TopicEXECUTIVE REMISSION VERSUS RETRIBUTIVE ACCOUNTABILITY IN…SourceSUPREME COURT OF INDIA
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GS-4TEACHER-STUDENT DIGITAL CONDUCT ETHICS

When the Classroom Becomes a Feed

An academic op-ed in The Hindu highlights how teachers building social media followings through classroom content, late-night Instagram Lives and student DMs are eroding the professional boundary that in loco parentis is meant to protect. The piece connects this trend to specific statutory risks under the POCSO Act, 2012 and the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, which bars processing a minor's personal data without…

Sub TopicPROFESSIONAL BOUNDARY EROSION THROUGH TEACHER-INFLUENCER…SourceTHE HINDU
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