Polity & Governance
Constitutional bodies, Parliament, judiciary and governance reforms
Parliament passes Vande Mataram bill
Parliament passed the Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026, with the Rajya Sabha clearing it a day before the Lok Sabha passed it ...
Anti-paper leak bill passed in parliament, to become law after president's approval
The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026 was passed by the Rajya Sabha by voice vote on 30 July 2026, a day after the Lok Sa...
Opposition, government clash as Rajya Sabha clears anti-paper leak Bill
The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026 was passed by the Rajya Sabha by voice vote on 30 July 2026, a day after the Lok Sa...
Shouldn't selection panel on CEC, ECs have a show of fairness? SC asks Centre
Hearing petitions challenging the law governing appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and Election Commissioners (ECs), the Supreme Court aske...
'Paper leak mafia won't be spared,' PM Modi says after anti-paper leak Bill clears Parliament
The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026 completed its passage through both Houses of Parliament, clearing the Lok Sabha by ...
Rajya Sabha clears anti-paper leak Bill with tougher penalties for exam fraud
The Rajya Sabha passed the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) (Amendment) Bill, 2026, following the Lok Sabha's earlier passage of the Bill, co...
'How is unelected minister continuing for over six months?' SC raps Bihar govt
The Supreme Court sought an explanation on how a state minister has continued in office for more than six months without becoming a member of either House of...
Bigger fines, longer jail terms, fast-track courts: How new paper leak Bill amends 2024 law
The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026 was passed by the Lok Sabha by voice vote, amending the Public Examinations (Preven...
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 29, 2026)
The Supreme Court modified its earlier blanket restriction on new industrial establishment, expansion, or relocation within the Taj Trapezium Zone (TTZ), all...
The middle path | Explaining Supreme Court’s latest verdict on post facto environmental clearances
The Supreme Court quashed the Union government's 2021 Office Memorandum (OM) that had created a mechanism for granting environmental clearance to projects wh...
Parliament Monsoon Session 2026 Day 9 Live Updates: Lok Sabha to consider Bill raising Supreme Court judges’ strength to 38
The Lok Sabha took up for consideration the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026, which raises the sanctioned strength of Supreme Court judg...
No blanket amnesty or bar: How SC set ‘public interest’ test for ex-post facto environment clearances
The Supreme Court clarified that its ruling on ex-post-facto environmental clearances is neither a total ban on regularising violations nor an open-ended amn...
Parliament Monsoon Session Day 9 LIVE: Lok Sabha to take up SC Judges Bill as Rajya Sabha discusses anti-paper leak Bill
The Lok Sabha took up the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026 for consideration and passage during Parliament's Monsoon Session. The Bill s...
Salary from private sector employment cannot be excluded in ‘Creamy Layer’ assessment: Kerala HC
The Kerala High Court dismissed petitions filed by two students seeking Non-Creamy Layer (NCL) OBC certificates for competitive examinations, holding that th...
CDSCO issues guidance clarifying regulatory pathway for AI, software-based medical devices
The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) issued a guidance document clarifying how software-based medical devices, including AI-enabled produc...
Public Examinations Amendment Bill 2026: Tougher penalties face implementation hurdles, backlog challenges
The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026 mandates time-bound investigation (within two months) and speedy trial through spec...
Cauvery row: Cauvery Water Management Authority’s meeting on July 30
The Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) met to consider Karnataka's appeal against a directive of the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) orderin...
What is the rationale behind Cauvery panel’s decision on release of water to T.N.? | Explained
The Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) directed Karnataka to ensure a flow of Cauvery water at the inter-state border monitoring point of Biligundlu f...
Shashi Tharoor questions Govt's delimitation push: 'No established democracy does this'
Debate continued over the government's push to expand the Lok Sabha from its current strength of 543 to 850 seats through a delimitation exercise, months aft...
Supreme Court curbs powers of SC panel, says it can’t pass adjudicatory orders
The Supreme Court held that the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) has a recommendatory and advisory role under the Constitution and cannot pass...