Polity & Governance
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Parliament Monsoon Session: Lok Sabha to take up Supreme Court Judges Amendment Bill
The Lok Sabha is scheduled to consider and pass the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026, which replaces an ordinance that raised the sancti...
Curbs on foreign funding not uniquely Indian, says govt, cites laws elsewhere ahead of bill to tweak FCRA
Ahead of a bill to amend the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, the government defended the proposed changes, arguing that unregulated inflows of foreign...
SC seeks Lok Sabha Speaker's reply on nod to UBT Sena MPs' merger with Shinde Sena
The Supreme Court declined to grant an interim stay on the Lok Sabha Speaker's decision recognising the merger of six Shiv Sena (UBT) Members of Parliament w...
A.P. CM to launch blockchain-based land records system on July 23
The Andhra Pradesh government launched a pilot blockchain-based land records system, "Mee Bhoomi-Blockchain," on July 23, developed jointly by the National I...
SC issues notice to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla against approval of Sena (UBT) MPs' merger with Shinde faction
The Supreme Court issued notice to the Lok Sabha Speaker's office on a petition challenging his decision recognising the merger of a group of Members of Parl...
From Potti Sriramulu to Sonam Wangchuk: Hunger strikes that changed India’s politics
A recent report traced the history of fasts undertaken by individuals across independent India to press specific political or policy demands, situating a rec...
Parliament Monsoon Session Day 3 LIVE: Lok Sabha to take up Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026
On Day 3 of the Monsoon Session, the Lok Sabha took up the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026, which raises the sanctioned strength of Sup...
AI law may cover agent autonomy, deepfakes
Indian policymakers are reportedly considering provisions on AI "agent autonomy" and deepfakes as part of a prospective AI-specific legal framework Such a fr...
Census: Six months to go, government explores how to count caste
With months to go before the population enumeration phase of Census 2027, officials are finalising the method to be used for recording caste details of every...
Madhya Pradesh Assembly passes UCC Bill, Congress slams ‘RSS agenda’
The Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly passed the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill, 2026 during the Monsoon Session, after the bill was tabled and cleared by t...
Madhya Pradesh assembly passes UCC Bill amid protest by Congress
The Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly passed the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill, 2026 by voice vote during the Monsoon Session The bill bans polygamy, and p...
Stopped at Shambhu border on way to Delhi: Why are farmers protesting again
Farmers from Punjab were stopped at the Shambhu border while attempting to march toward Delhi, renewing protests linked to the India-US trade deal announced ...
'We will see': CJI as Sena (UBT) moves SC challenging LS Speaker's approval of MPs' merger with Shinde faction
A group of Lok Sabha members from a legislature party challenged before the Supreme Court the Lok Sabha Speaker's decision approving the merger of a set of m...
Have your say on Aravallis: Supreme Court panel opens 21-day window for feedback
A Supreme Court-constituted high-powered committee on the Aravalli hills opened a 21-day window for public suggestions and representations on defining and de...
Supreme Court frees Kerala Waqf Board from State official ‘supervision’
A three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court, headed by the Chief Justice of India, set aside a Kerala High Court direction that had placed the Kerala State Waqf...
SC to consider Sena (UBT) plea against Speaker’s approval of MPs’ ‘unilateral merger’
The Lok Sabha Speaker approved the merger of six Members of Parliament belonging to one faction of a regional party with another faction of the same party, f...
Shiv Sena UBT moves SC against Speaker's nod to six MPs merger
The Lok Sabha Speaker, on 18 July, approved the merger of six Lok Sabha members (elected on one party's ticket) into another party's parliamentary group, day...
Right to protest in India: What the Constitution, laws and Supreme Court say
A protest march directed toward Parliament coincided with the opening of the Monsoon Session and led to clashes between demonstrators and the Delhi Police ne...
Centre introduces Bill to raise strength of judges in Supreme Court to 38
The Union government introduced the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026 in Parliament to raise the sanctioned strength of Supreme Court jud...
HC strikes down Kerala Vesting of Minerals Act as unconstitutional
The Kerala High Court declared the Kerala Minerals (Vesting of Rights) Act, 2021 unconstitutional The 2021 law had vested all mineral rights beneath privatel...