Polity & Governance
Constitutional bodies, Parliament, judiciary and governance reforms
SC asks Centre to draft 'no-fault compensation policy' for serious Covid vaccine side effects
A Supreme Court bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta directed the Union Government to formulate a no-fault compensation policy for serious Adverse...
Govt explores delinking women’s quota from Census, delimitation; considers lottery system for 2027 polls
The Union Government is exploring the possibility of delinking the implementation of women's reservation in legislatures from the mandatory Census and delimi...
Home ministry bars NCW, NHRC, NCPCR, NCLT from directly seeking issuance of Look Out Circulars
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued an order barring statutory bodies — the National Commission for Women (NCW), National Human Rights Commission (...
NCERT issues unconditional apology to Supreme Court; withdraws Class 8 textbook over controversial ‘judiciary’ chapter
NCERT issued an "unconditional and unqualified apology" to the Supreme Court for a chapter on the judiciary in its Class 8 Social Science textbook titled "Ex...
As Opposition plans on motion to impeach CEC Gyanesh Kumar, here is what the law says
Opposition parties under the INDIA bloc, led by TMC and supported by Congress, are set to move an impeachment motion against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC...
How fast‑tracking the Women’s Reservation Bill could reshape the 2027 electoral map
Political signals have emerged suggesting the government may seek to fast-track operationalisation of the Constitution (106th Amendment) Act, 2023 — the Wome...
NCERT issues ‘unconditional’ apology for withdrawn Class 8 chapter claiming ‘corruption in judiciary’
On March 10, 2026, NCERT's Director and members tendered an unconditional and unqualified public apology to the Supreme Court of India over content in a Clas...
Centre invokes Essential Commodities Act to regulate gas supply as Iran and US-Israel conflict rages on
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas issued a gazette notification — the Natural Gas (Supply Regulation) Order, 2026 — invoking the Essential Commoditie...
Amid wave of kids’ online safety laws, age-checking tech comes of age
Three months after Australia launched a landmark ban on social media accounts for users under 16 — which came into effect on December 10, 2025 — regulators a...
CJI calls on High Court collegiums to consider female lawyers of Supreme Court for judgeship
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant addressed the inaugural session of the first National Conference of Indian Women in Law on International Women's Day ...
India invokes Essential Commodities Act to secure LPG supply amid West Asia tensions
The Government of India invoked the Essential Commodities Act (ECA), 1955 to safeguard domestic cooking gas (LPG) supplies amid the escalating West Asia conf...
NCERT issues 'unconditional, unqualified apology' over textbook with reference to 'corruption' in judiciary
NCERT issued an "unconditional and unqualified apology" on March 10, 2026, over Chapter IV of the newly released Class 8 Social Science textbook "Exploring S...
SC directs Centre to frame no-fault compensation policy for serious adverse events post COVID-19 vaccination
The Supreme Court of India, on March 10, 2026, directed the Central Government to frame a no-fault compensation policy for serious Adverse Events Following I...
‘Not targeting Om Birla, but preserving Lok Sabha’s dignity’: Gaurav Gogoi as debate on no-confidence motion begins
The Lok Sabha began formal debate on a no-confidence motion against Speaker Om Birla, with 10 hours allocated for discussion; Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi op...
Supreme Court approves Centre's proposal extending term of tribunal members
The Supreme Court has approved the Union Government's proposal to extend the tenure of Chairpersons and Members of various tribunals who are due to retire in...
West Bengal SIR test: reading the Supreme Court’s order
The Supreme Court, invoking its extraordinary powers under Article 142 of the Constitution, directed the deployment of judicial officers to adjudicate disput...
M.P. High Court cancels Congress MLA’s win for hiding criminal cases, declares former BJP Minister elected
The Madhya Pradesh High Court (Justice Gurpal Singh Ahluwalia) declared the election of Congress MLA Mukesh Malhotra from the Vijaypur Assembly constituency ...
Rajya Sabha discusses working of Environment Ministry
The Rajya Sabha took up a discussion on the working of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), scrutinising its policies, legislativ...
One Nation, One Election meeting: Opp would benefit from simultaneous polls, says Ghulam Nabi
A consultative meeting on the One Nation, One Election (ONOE) proposal was held, at which a senior political leader expressed the view that simultaneous elec...
Secretary, DFS chairs Review meeting to monitor the progress of Public Sector Banks to expedite pending cases at NCLT
M. Nagaraju, Secretary of the Department of Financial Services (DFS), chaired a review meeting to monitor the progress of top Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code ...