Polity & Governance
Constitutional bodies, Parliament, judiciary and governance reforms
The bail rule: On liberty and the Andrabi ruling
The Supreme Court's decision in Syed Iftikhar Andrabi v. NIA (2026) reaffirmed that the constitutional guarantee of personal liberty under Article 21 cannot ...
Supreme Court upholds bail for man booked under UAPA
The Supreme Court upheld bail for Syed Iftikhar Andrabi, a Jammu and Kashmir resident arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in June 2020 on cha...
Forest-dwelling tribes push for direct recruitment
Tribal communities residing on the fringes of forests — particularly from among the most socio-economically disadvantaged groups — are demanding implementati...
Analysing India’s budgets for justice
An analysis of India's state and central budgets for the justice system reveals a persistent structural imbalance: police (enforcement) receive the overwhelm...
Philippine Supreme Court says won’t stop ICC arrest of drug war enforcer
The Philippine Supreme Court voted 9–5–1 on May 20, 2026 to deny a temporary restraining order sought by Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa, clearing the way fo...
Centre tells Supreme Court no new hydel projects should come up in upper Ganga
Three Union Ministries — Jal Shakti, Environment Forest and Climate Change, and Power — filed a joint affidavit before the Supreme Court stating the governme...
CPI seeks legal guidelines for regulating online medicine sales
Demands have been raised for the government to introduce legally binding guidelines for online medicine sales (e-pharmacies) in India, including strengthenin...
Delhi HC dismisses PIL to deregister AAP, disqualify Arvind Kejriwal
The Delhi High Court dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking directions to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to deregister a recognised pol...
97 pc urban wards across country now covered by door-to-door waste collection: Centre
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs announced that 97% of urban municipal wards across India are now covered under door-to-door waste collection, marki...
Home ministry to launch annual ranking of police training institutes, forensic labs from 2027
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) will launch an annual ranking system for police training institutes and forensic laboratories starting from 2027. Th...
CCI to onboard analysts and data scientists
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) is onboarding data scientists and analysts with expertise in artificial intelligence tools and digital market opera...
Not in favour of permitting new hydroelectric projects in upper Ganga, Centre tells Supreme Court
The Union government filed a counter-affidavit in the Supreme Court on May 19, 2026, stating it is not in favour of permitting any new hydroelectric projects...
‘Not sustainable’: Why the Kerala government scrapped Rs 64,000 cr SilverLine project
The Kerala government officially scrapped the SilverLine (K-Rail) semi-high-speed rail corridor project in May 2026, with the announcement that all proceedin...
CAG offered its initiatives to CCI to discharge its responsibility more effectively
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) proposed a structured partnership with the Competition Commission of India (CCI) at the CCI's 17th Annual Day event...
Rules for new rural employment scheme to be issued soon
The Ministry of Rural Development informed a Parliamentary Standing Committee on May 20, 2026, that 25 states have already allocated funds for the new rural ...
CAG urges use of AI and data analytics to detect corruption in government tenders
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) called for deploying artificial intelligence and data analytics tools to detect corruption and unfair prac...
Naga body in Manipur petitions PM, seeking release of six Naga captives
On May 13, 2026, six Naga civilians were abducted from Leilon Vaiphei village in Senapati district, Manipur, by unidentified armed groups amid renewed ethnic...
India’s Evolving Metrology Ecosystem
A government release marked World Metrology Day 2026 (observed annually on May 20), highlighting the evolution of India's legal metrology framework from anci...
Watch: Why WHO is worried about Ebola outbreak | Above the Fold | 20.05.2026
The World Health Organization declared the Ebola disease outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda a P...
Simultaneous polls could save Rs 7 lakh crore: Joint parliamentary panel chief
The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) examining the Constitution (129th Amendment) Bill, 2024 and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024 — colle...