Polity & Governance
Constitutional bodies, Parliament, judiciary and governance reforms
Fulfil the promise: On restoring Statehood to Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir has continued to function as a Union Territory with a legislature since the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 took effect on 31 Oc...
Election Commission ready for 'One Nation One Election' with 6-month notice, says panel chief
The Election Commission has communicated to the Joint Parliamentary Committee examining the simultaneous elections bills that it can operationalise "One Nati...
How new tehsils, districts for Ladakh address political aspirations? | Explained
Ladakh's administration has rolled out an expanded set of tehsils and operationalised new districts across the Union Territory Seventeen new tehsils have bee...
Amended RPwD Act to include persons internally injured by acid ingestion, Centre tells Supreme Court
The Central Government informed the Supreme Court that it has notified an amendment to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act, 2016 to extend the...
Madhya Pradesh's UCC draft proposes registration of live-in couples
A government-appointed committee, headed by a retired Supreme Court judge, submitted its final Uniform Civil Code (UCC) draft to the state government on 13 J...
Long before Supreme Court ruling, how Ambedkar grappled with Assam’s citizenship question
The Supreme Court set aside Gauhati High Court judgments that had upheld Foreigners Tribunal orders declaring 27 residents of Assam to be foreigners, and rem...
Ladakh to get autonomous hill councils in all seven districts
The Union Territory administration of Ladakh announced that Autonomous Hill Development Councils (AHDCs) will be constituted in all seven districts of the UT...
Ladakh to set up autonomous hill development councils for all 7 districts
The Union Territory administration announced that an Autonomous Hill Development Council (AHDC) will be constituted in each of Ladakh's seven districts, up f...
Delhi High Court tells social media platforms to act on Sunil Gavaskar’s personality rights plea
The Delhi High Court directed social media intermediaries to treat a suit filed by former Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar over misuse of his name, photograph...
Fair, reasoned process must decide citizenship: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court set aside 27 Gauhati High Court judgments that had upheld Foreigners Tribunal orders declaring individuals to be foreigners, in *Sabitri De...
Supreme Court quashes Guwahati high court order on 27 'foreigners'
The Supreme Court set aside 27 judgments of the Gauhati High Court that had upheld Foreigners Tribunal orders declaring individuals as foreigners. The Court ...
Madras High Court puts cow slaughter ban in Tamil Nadu on hold
The Supreme Court stayed a Madras High Court order that had directed the state's Chief Secretary and Director General of Police to ensure that no cow or calf...
‘Democratic decentralisation’: Government announces hill councils for all 7 Ladakh districts
The Ladakh Administration announced that Autonomous Hill Development Councils will be constituted in all seven districts of the Union Territory, extending a ...
Ladakh to set up autonomous hill development councils for all seven districts: Chief Secretary
The Ladakh Union Territory administration announced that Autonomous Hill Development Councils (AHDCs) will be constituted in each of Ladakh's seven districts...
Explained: EC adds parents' SIR details to new voter registration Form 6: What changes and why it matters
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has introduced a new declaration in the online version of Form 6 — the form used for fresh voter registration — requir...
'Citizenship must be decided through fair process': SC sets aside Guahati HC judgment
The Supreme Court set aside a batch of Gauhati High Court judgments that had upheld Foreigners Tribunal orders declaring 27 individuals to be foreigners. A b...
SC rejects plea of 350 West Bengal madrasa teachers seeking grant-in-aid salaries
The Supreme Court dismissed a batch of petitions filed by over 350 teaching and non-teaching staff of West Bengal madrasahs seeking recognition of their appo...
Inside SC’s proposed regulations for AI use in courts: What’s allowed, what’s absolutely barred
An AI Committee constituted by the Supreme Court released the draft Regulations for Use of Artificial Intelligence in Courts, 2026, on 3 June 2026, for publi...
Retrenchments in Kerala: Labour codes and its rules | Explained
A wave of retrenchments in Kerala has drawn attention to the retrenchment and worker-support provisions under the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 (one of the...
How DDCs changed local governance in Jammu and Kashmir?
A renewed debate over the structure of local self-government in Jammu and Kashmir has focused on the role, powers, and future of District Development Council...