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🔆 Who Decides Nominations to UT Assemblies?

📌 Background
• Union Home Ministry told J&K & Ladakh HC that LG of J&K can nominate 5 members to Assembly without aid/advice of Council of Ministers.
• Issue: Whether this power should rest with the elected govt or solely with the LG.

📍 Constitutional Provisions
✅ Rajya Sabha: 12 nominated members (by President, on advice of Union Council of Ministers).
✅ Legislative Councils: 1/6th nominated by Governors (on advice of State CM + Council).
✅ UT Assemblies (Delhi, Puducherry, J&K): Nominated members provided under respective Acts of Parliament.

📍 Judicial Interpretations
• Lakshminarayanan vs Union of India (2019): Upheld Centre’s power to nominate members to Puducherry Assembly.
• Govt of NCT of Delhi vs Union of India (2023): SC emphasised “triple chain of command” – civil servants → ministers → legislature → people. LG must act on advice of Council of Ministers in legislative matters.

📍 Key Concern
• Nominations in smaller UTs (J&K, Puducherry) may alter majority-minority equations → impacting democratic mandates.

📍 Way Forward
• Nomination of MLAs should be on advice of Council of Ministers.
• Maintains democratic accountability & upholds federal spirit.
• Govt assured restoration of statehood for J&K at the earliest.

✅ Prelims Practice Q
Q. Consider the following statements:
1. Nominated members in Rajya Sabha are chosen by the President on the advice of the Council of Ministers.
2. In Puducherry Assembly, nominated members are directly elected.
3. The “triple chain of command” doctrine was highlighted by the Supreme Court in the Delhi vs Union of India case (2023).

Correct answer:
(a) 1 & 3 only
(b) 2 & 3 only
(c) 1 & 2 only
(d) 1, 2 & 3

✅ Mains Practice Q
Q. The controversy over nomination of members to Union Territory Assemblies highlights the tension between the Union and elected governments. Discuss with reference to recent judgments. (10M / 150 words)

मनिका विश्वकर्मा ने जीता मिस यूनिवर्स इंडिया 2025 का खिताब

✅ राजस्थान के गंगानगर की मॉडल मनिका विश्वकर्मा को जयपुर में आयोजित एक शानदार कार्यक्रम में निवर्तमान मिस यूनिवर्स इंडिया रिया सिंहा से मिस यूनिवर्स इंडिया 2025 का ताज पहनाया गया है।

✅ इस जीत के साथ, मनिका अब इस साल के अंत में थाईलैंड में आयोजित होने वाले 74वें मिस यूनिवर्स प्रतियोगिता में भारत का प्रतिनिधित्व करेंगी।

✅ फाइनल के प्रतिभागी*

फाइनल में तान्या शर्मा (उत्तर प्रदेश) को प्रथम उपविजेता, महक ढींगरा (हरियाणा) को द्वितीय उपविजेता और अमीषी कौशिक (हरियाणा) को तृतीय उपविजेता का ताज पहनाया गया।

✅ भारत और मिस यूनिवर्स की विरासत

सुष्मिता सेन (1994) - मिस यूनिवर्स जीतने वाली पहली भारतीय।
लारा दत्ता (2000) - दूसरी भारतीय मिस यूनिवर्स।
हरनाज़ संधू (2021) - दो दशकों के बाद भारत के लिए तीसरा ताज।