Polity, Constitution and Governance

Supreme Court Ruling on Sub-Classification of Scheduled Castes

Context: Recently, the Supreme Court of India issued a landmark 6:1 ruling permitting the sub-categorisation of Scheduled Castes (SCs) for...

Grievances of Citizens Being Addressed by CPGRAMS Portal

Context: Recently, the Union Minister stated that Grievances of Citizens from even the remotest part of the country are being...

Right to be Forgotten

Context: The Supreme Court agreed to hear a case that will likely define the scope of the “right to be...

Governor’s Subverting Federalism by Withholding Bills 

Governor’s Subverting Federalism by Withholding Bills 

Context: The Supreme Court will examine whether Governors, by indefinitely delaying crucial Bills and then referring them to the President...

Disqualification of Two Jharkhand MLA Under Anti- Defection Laws 

Disqualification of Two Jharkhand MLA Under Anti- Defection Laws 

Context: The Jharkhand Assembly Speaker’s Tribunal disqualified JMM MLA Lobin Hembrom and BJP MLA J.P. Patel under the anti-defection law...

Happiness Committee for Judicial Officers of Kerala

Context: Judicial officers in Kerala with professional grievances can now present them to a new Happiness Committee, which will soon...

Fast Track Special Courts and POCSO Courts

Context: According to the latest press release by the Ministry of Law and Justice, as part of the Centrally Sponsored...

Khelo India Scheme

Context: The Khelo India Scheme has allocated funds to various states and union territories for sports infrastructure development.   About...

International Centre for Audit of Local Governance

Context: Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India Girish Chandra Murmu inaugurated the International Centre for Audit of Local Governance...

Assam’s Foreigner’s Tribunals

Context: The Assam government, keeping with the Citizenship (Amendment) Act of 2019, asked the Border wing of the State’s police...

Supreme Court Balancing Liberty and Security on ED’s Action

Context: Two recent observations by the Supreme Court of India have highlighted significant issues concerning personal liberty in the context...

Money Bill route for Contentious Amendments

Context: Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud agreed to list petitions challenging the Centre’s Money Bill route to passing contentious...

Central Information Commission

Context: The Supreme Court has affirmed that the Central Information Commission (CIC) has the authority to constitute benches and establish...

Fiscal Federalism

Context: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin alleged that the Union government was withholding funds for the State’s vital projects,...

Arrest under PMLA  by ED 

Context: The Supreme Court held that the power to arrest under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) cannot be...