13 November 2013 – Daily Current Affairs
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1) Who on 12 November, 2013 was appointed as the first Chairperson and Managing Director of Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB), the first all-women bank of India? – Usha Anathasubramaniam (Usha assumed her charge on the same day. Prior to her appointment she was the Executive Director with Punjab National Bank (PNB))
2) The Supreme Court on 12 November, 2013 said that it is mandatory for the police to register a First Information Report (FIR) when a complaint is filed at a police station. The Criminal Civil Procedure code clearly mentions that police must register FIR on receipt of complaint. However, what was the present practice by police in this context, which led the Supreme Court to give this order? - So far, it was upto the police to decide whether to formally accept a complaint (The apex court also said that the police must conduct a preliminary enquiry before registering FIRs for cases involving matrimonial or property disputes or corruption charges. This enquiry must be completed within seven days, and after that the police have to declare whether the case is closed or if an FIR will follow. The Supreme Court judgment was based on a case filed by the father of a six-year-old who was kidnapped in Uttar Pradesh in 2008. The police at the local station had allegedly asked for a bribe to register the case)
3) The first phase of legislative elections in Chhattisgarh was held on 11 November, 2013. Elections for 18 assembly seats were held in the first phase and around 68% votes were polled and voters defied Maoist violence and boycott call to cast their vote. What was a special aspect associated with this first phase of election? – It was the first time in country that the newly introduced None Of The Above (NOTA) option was used in election (Thus Chhattisgarh became the first state to exercise the newly introduced ‘None Of
